A COMPARITIVE STUDY TO FIND OUT THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF OCCIPITAL MUSCLE INHIBITION AND STATIC HAMSTRING STRETCHING ON HAMSTRING TIGHTNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS – AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY.

Dr. Sneha Chauhan; Pratiksha Patel; Ritu Kaneriya

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

A COMPARITIVE STUDY TO FIND OUT THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF OCCIPITAL MUSCLE INHIBITION AND STATIC HAMSTRING STRETCHING ON HAMSTRING TIGHTNESS IN YOUNG ADULTS – AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY.

Dr. Sneha Chauhan, Pratiksha Patel, Ritu Kaneriya

Abstract :

Context: There is hamstring tightness because of sedentary lifestyle and leads to increase incidence of low back pain. Superficial Back line connects occipital muscle to hamstring muscle so that releasing occipital muscle help to decrease tightness of Hamstring tightness. Aim: To find out immediate effect of Occipital Muscle Inhibition and Static Hamstring Stretching on Hamstring Tightness. Settings and Designs: The interventional study was carried out in Abu Road. Method and Material: 50 subjects were included in the basis of inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria and divided into 2 groups with 25 participants in each group. One group received Occipital Muscle Inhibition Technique and other group received Static Hamstring Stretching Technique. Statistical analysis: Data was analysed by using SPSS Version 20. Wilcoxon signed–rank test was used for the pre–treatment and post–treatment comparison within both the groups & Mann–Whilney U test was used for the inter group comparison. Results: Statically is significant (p<0.05) the result showed high significant difference within & between the two groups. There was more effect of occipital muscle inhibition compared to static hamstring stretching. Conclusion: The above study concluded that both the technique showed marked improvement in the outcome measure, but the occipital muscle inhibition is more effective for the hamstring tightness and it is easy to perform for the participants and it was observed that the effect was persistent for longer time.