Effectiveness Of Kinesiotaping And Yoga Therapy On Adolescent Girls With Primary Dysmenorrhea

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea begins when young girls first experience in their the ovulatory cycles and its prevalence increases during adolescence (15-17 years) and reaches to its highest in 20- 24 years and decreases progressively thereafter.In primary dysmenorrhea pain begins few hours before or after the onset of menstruation and lasts for 24-48 hours. The pain is more in the first day and rarely continues to the next day.Regular practice of yoga promotes strength, endurance and flexibility. Kinesiotaping is a technique which is based on the body’s own natural healing process and is used for anything from headaches to foot problems and everything in between. 30 unmarried girls of age 14-18years were included in the study. They were divided in 3 groups. Group A received the treatment with kinesiotaping , group B received yoga therapy and group C received combination of kinesiotaping and yoga therapy. Group C showed significant reduction in pain when compared with post treatment VAS scores of Group A and B.