Optimizing Recovery: A Comparison of 15 vs 30 Minutes of Effleurage Massage Combined with Lime Oil for Hamstring Injuries

Abstract

Hamstring injury is a muscle injury in the back of the thigh due to stretching or tearing. This study compared the acute effects of a combination of effleurage and lime essential oil for 15 and 30 minutes on pain reduction and ROM improvement. Using a quasi-experimental design with two-group pretest-posttest, this study involved 36 runners from the Kalcerun community. Experimental group I and experimental group II. Group division is distinguished based on the mean results of the pre-test data. Experimental group I will be given the acute effect treatment of a combination of effleurage masque and lime essential oil measured after 30 minutes. Experimental group II will be given the treatment of acute effects of a combination of effleurage massage and lime essential oil measured after 15 minutes. Results showed that the 30-minute group had a greater decrease in tenderness (4,222 and 2,667) and stretching pain (4,500 and 1,833) than the 15-minute group. The increase in ROM of flexion (132.389 and 128.611) and extension (13.167 and 11.111) was also more significant in the 30-minute group. The 30-minute therapy was more effective in reducing pain and increasing ROM than 15 minutes, providing optimal therapeutic benefits for recreational runners.