Comparison of Efficacy of Static Stretching and Sports Massage on the Removal Rate of Blood Lactate Level after Static Cycling in Female Individuals

Abstract

Background: The Muscle soreness is a result of lactate accumulation after sub maximal exercise done by the athlete. It is necessary to clear the lactate for optimum performance. Purpose: Hence the current study has been done to see the effect of static stretching and sports massage on removal rate of Blood lactate. Methodology: The study was conducted on 60 female college students who fall into selection criteria. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups; Static Stretching was given to group A and Sports massage was given to group B to check the clearance rate of blood lactate after 20 minutes of static cycling. 3 readings of blood lactate level were taken i.e. first reading before the static cycling, second reading after the static cycling and the third after the interventions. The measurements were analyzed to check the efficacy of static cycling and sports massage on blood lactate removal rate. Results: The results of the study showed both the techniques are effective with p value of 0.0001 to remove blood lactate where the static stretching improves the clearance with mean value of 1.0906 and sports massage improves with mean value of 0.0357. Conclusion: It is concluded from the study that the static stretching and sports massage both the techniques are effective in improving blood lactate clearance rate but static stretching is more effective than sports massage.