The impact of combined therapy on healing of foot injuries in runners

Abstract

Purpose. The structure of the lower body has a very important role as support for the body and is often injured in runners. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an impact of providing combined therapy on the healing of foot injuries. Material and methods. The type of research used was experimental, with a randomized pretest and posttest group design. The total research sample was 56 runners who were divided into four therapy groups, namely the sports massage, trigger point, chiropractic, and 1 control group. Measurement of the degree of strain uses visual analogue scale (VAS) criteria. Results. From the research results, it is known that providing therapy to the sports massage, trigger point, chiropractic group and 1 control group can reduce the intensity of strain pain (2.35 ± 0.756; 1.63 ± 0.840; 2.24 ± 0.840; 3.71 ± 0.756) with p-value = 0.001. Conclusions. Based on the stages of the research results, it can be concluded: 1) There was a significant impact after being given sports massage, trigger point and chiropractic therapy on reducing pain intensity 15 minutes after treatment; 2) There was no significant difference between the sports massage, trigger point and chiropractic treatment groups on pain intensity 15 minutes after treatment.