A Study to Compare the Effectiveness of Static Stretching and Dynamic Soft Tissue Mobilization on Hamstrings Flexibility among the Normal Individuals

An experimental study design. To find whether the Dynamic Soft Tissue Mobilisation (DSTM) is better or the Static Stretching in improving the hamstrings flexibility among the normal individuals. Subjects were randomly divided in two groups. Group A included 30 subjects with mean age 23.1 ± 2 - 13 receiving static stretching for 90 seconds/stretch, 4 stretches per session and 4 sessions per week for 4 weeks. Group B included 30 subjects with mean age 23.2 ± 1.56 receiving DSTM for 8 minutes per session, and 3 sessions per week for 4 weeks. Data was collected daily pre and post intervention in both the groups on 0 Day, 15th Day and 30th Day&analyzed using SPSS (16 version) and significance level was set p ≤ .05. DSTM (t = 1.58 at p = .119) is found to be statistically more effective in improving the hamstrings flexibility when compared to static stretching (t = 3.1 at p = .119). Static stretching and DSTM both the interventions are equally effective in improving in hamstrings flexibility. Both the techniques show gradual improvement in flexibility of hamstrings muscle over a period of four weeks. DSTM is found to be statistically more effective in improving the hamstrings flexibility when compared to static stretching.