by Massage on Foot plantar fasciitis in some Athletes”
- Introduction and Problem:
Concern about player’s health and protecting them against injury is a very important aspect to be performed by professionals in the field of sports. Players are exposed to various injuries either during training or competition, which lead to depriving the player from practicing in sporting activity and decreasing his performance as well as the high functional efficiency necessary for the player, resulting in a bad mental state. These negative effects may extend as a result of the involvement of those injured in training prior to full recovery, leading to a recurrence of injury and almost doubled, so the player needs a longer period of rehabilitation to return …show more content…
This is in addition to biomechanical disorders (abnormal walking), various types of joint disorders such as rheumatoid, heavy weight lifting, shortage or flexibility weakness of leg rear muscles, excessive flatness of foot (flat foot) or weakness of natural foot arch fixing structure. (5: 140)
Kamonseki (2014) Refers that plantar fasciitis is a result of the use of non-comfortable and high heels shoes that do not contain a pillar for foot arch or a heel pillow. Some studies have indicated that 85٪ of foot pains are a result of the bad use of shoes or uncomfortable ones, i.e. harsh and heel wide shoes for people whose work requires standing or walking for long periods and distances.(10:25)
Chong (2007) Explains that symptoms appearing on a person as a result of plantar fascia inflammation are a persistent pain from which the patient suffers most of the time as well as bouts of acute pain in heel center or at its margins. The pain goes worse when the person wakes up in the morning and gets out of bed, or after resting and sitting for period of time then walking and so the pain gradually fades away. It may be improved during the day then come back again. It is more common among women and may last for six months along with treatment, it may also be transformed into a chronic condition …show more content…
2- The dynamic range of foot arch and ankle joint while (Extension , Flexion , Inversion , Eversion).
3- The balance of foot and ankle joint.
4- Pain level improvement.
- Research Importance :
This is the first scientific study on the rehabilitation of plantar fasciitis injury for some athletes through the design of an exercise rehabilitation program using massage and assessing its impact on the injured athletes, so that they could return to the field and practice specialist sporting activity again in the same physical & physiological condition on which they were before the injury and also to reduce the size of material and moral losses born by clubs as a result of their players subjection to such injury and the denial of participation in sports activities. - Research Procedure :
Research Methodology: the researcher used the experimental methodology with the design of one group and both pre and post-measurements.
Research sample: a sample of (10) athletes suffering from plantar fasciitis was chosen intentionally, which ranges from 15 to 20 years old. - Research Dimensions
- Introduction and Problem:
Concern about player’s health and protecting them against injury is a very important aspect to be performed by professionals in the field of sports. Players are exposed to various injuries either during training or competition, which lead to depriving the player from practicing in sporting activity and decreasing his performance as well as the high functional efficiency necessary for the player, resulting in a bad mental state. These negative effects may extend as a result of the involvement of those injured in training prior to full recovery, leading to a recurrence of injury and almost doubled, so the player needs a longer period of rehabilitation to return …show more content…
This is in addition to biomechanical disorders (abnormal walking), various types of joint disorders such as rheumatoid, heavy weight lifting, shortage or flexibility weakness of leg rear muscles, excessive flatness of foot (flat foot) or weakness of natural foot arch fixing structure. (5: 140)
Kamonseki (2014) Refers that plantar fasciitis is a result of the use of non-comfortable and high heels shoes that do not contain a pillar for foot arch or a heel pillow. Some studies have indicated that 85٪ of foot pains are a result of the bad use of shoes or uncomfortable ones, i.e. harsh and heel wide shoes for people whose work requires standing or walking for long periods and distances.(10:25)
Chong (2007) Explains that symptoms appearing on a person as a result of plantar fascia inflammation are a persistent pain from which the patient suffers most of the time as well as bouts of acute pain in heel center or at its margins. The pain goes worse when the person wakes up in the morning and gets out of bed, or after resting and sitting for period of time then walking and so the pain gradually fades away. It may be improved during the day then come back again. It is more common among women and may last for six months along with treatment, it may also be transformed into a chronic condition …show more content…
2- The dynamic range of foot arch and ankle joint while (Extension , Flexion , Inversion , Eversion).
3- The balance of foot and ankle joint.
4- Pain level improvement.
- Research Importance :
This is the first scientific study on the rehabilitation of plantar fasciitis injury for some athletes through the design of an exercise rehabilitation program using massage and assessing its impact on the injured athletes, so that they could return to the field and practice specialist sporting activity again in the same physical & physiological condition on which they were before the injury and also to reduce the size of material and moral losses born by clubs as a result of their players subjection to such injury and the denial of participation in sports activities. - Research Procedure :
Research Methodology: the researcher used the experimental methodology with the design of one group and both pre and post-measurements.
Research sample: a sample of (10) athletes suffering from plantar fasciitis was chosen intentionally, which ranges from 15 to 20 years old. - Research Dimensions