THE EFFECT OF REGULAR EXERCISE AND SPORT MASSAGE ON MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN IN RUNNER.

Abstract

Musculoskeletal pain is the kind of pain or discomfort that occurs 12-24 hours after physical activity. This is presumably caused by the accumulation of metabolic waste such as lactic acid in muscle and extracellular fluid causing irritation at the end of sensory fibers. The pain can be resulted by an inflammatory process or by exercise that involves many eccentric contractions. The objective of the study was to find out the effect of regular exercise combined with massage exercise on musculoskeletal pain. The Subjects of this study were 40 young runners aged 18-19 years old. The subjects were randomly divided into 4 groups and each group consisted of 10 people such as, Regular Exercise combination group of sports massage (RE + SM), Regular Exercise group (RE), conventional combination group of sport massage (CV + SM) and Conventional group (CV). Measurement of musculoskeletal pain used Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) The results showed that a significant difference in average decrease in musculoskeletal pain on runners after exercise between RE + SM group and the RE group that was (p = 0,000), CV + SM group was (p = 0,000) and CV group was (p = 0.000). The conclusion that Regular exercise combination of sport massage more lowered musculoskeletal pain than regular exercise without sport massage, Conventional Exercise and sport massage as well as Conventional Exercise.The optimization of athlete performance can be intensified, such as, preventing the onset of muscle pain due to exercise or called as musculoskeletal pain. Excessive exercise and eccentric contractions in muscle will cause musculoskeletal pain (Bakowski et al., 2008). Symptoms that often occur are muscle spasms, swelling, decreased muscle strength and local pain. This can appear in 24 hours after exercise and will disappear after 5-7 days (Chung et al., 2003). The musculoskeletal pain is a physiological effect on tissue that responds to activity received by the muscles. The musculoskeletal pain has impact on decrease of muscle strength that can affect to performance. The Musculoskeletal pain is kind of pain or discomfort that occurs within 12-24 hours after exercise and the recovery happens for 4-6 days. This is presumably caused by the accumulation of metabolic waste such as lactic acid in muscle and extracellular fluid causing irritation at the end of sensory fibers. This pain can also be caused by an inflammatory process or by exercise that involves a lot of eccentric muscle contractions (Bakowski et al., 2008).