Kombinasi Abdominal stretching exercise dan massage kneading terhadap penurunan nyeri haid (disminorea) pada remaja putri pondok pesantren unggulan tahfidz dan sains darussalam

when teenagers experience menstruation, one of the most
complained problems is dysmenorrhea which is the reason why teenage girls do not
participate in school activities and their daily activities are disrupted, this incident
is a common thing that often occurs in teenagers related to reproductive organs.
Risk factors for dysmenorrhea are age, duration of menstruation and there are other
factors, one of which is due to decreased progesterone so that there is an increase
in the hormone prostaglandin which causes contractions in the myometrium and
causes vasoconstriction and uterine ischemia which causes muscle tension or
abdominal muscle cramps during menstruation. If dysmenorrhea is not treated, it
will cause pain such as abdominal cramps or pain in the lower abdomen, back pain
and sometimes spreads to the thighs so that it will interfere with daily activities, one
of which is studying and school. The therapy that is usually used to reduce
menstrual pain is the use of painkillers, in addition to the use of painkillers, there
are other alternatives, namely using interventions that can be given, one of which
is TENS, infrared, acupuncture, massage and exercise, the purpose of this study
was to see the effectiveness of abdominal stretching exercises combined with
kneading massage in teenage girls.
Research method: This research design uses quantitative pre-experimental study
design with one group pretest-posttest design approach method. The sampling
technique uses purposive sampling. The population is 42 and 38 respondents meet
the inclusion criteria. The research instrument used is numeric rating sacle (NRS)
to obtain pain intensity data before and after the combination of abdominal
stretching exercise and kneading massage.
Results: with the Wilcoxon signed rank test obtained P value = 0.000 then P value
<0.005.
Conclusion: There is effectiveness before and after the combination of abdominal
stretching exercise and kneading massage on reducing pain