EFFECTIVENESS MASSAGE AND FLEXIBILITY TRAINING THERAPY ON THE RESTORATION OF PAIN AND LOWER EXTREMITY IN BADMINTON ATHLETES Basiran, Ridha Mustaqim, Dery Rimasa
Faculty of Sport and Health Education
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
This research is motivated by the large number of badminton athletes when training and competing experiencing complaints of pain and lower extremity flexibility and do not get faster treatment. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of massage and flexibility training therapy for the relief of pain and flexibility in the lower extremities in badminton athletes. This research is pre-experimental. The method used is the One-group pretest-posttest design. The study population is an active member of the Badminton Student Activity Units, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia as many as 14 people. The sampling technique used in this study is Saturated Sampling or Total Sampling. The instruments used were the sit and reach box and a numerical scale of pain. The analysis technique used is t-test analysis. The results of this study indicate that there is effectiveness of massage on the recovery of lower extremity pain in badminton athletes with a t-count of 14.05, a mean of 4.54 and a confidence interval of 95% with the lowest value of 3.85 and the highest value of 5.23. There is the effectiveness of flexibility training to increase the flexibility of the lower extremities in badminton athletes with a t-count of 5.67, a mean of 2.45 and a confidence interval of 95% with the lowest value of 1.53 and the highest value of 3.38. Based on the results of the above research, it shows that massage and flexibility exercises can provide changes to pain and flexibility in the lower extremities in athletes.
