Mohamed Fayiz P and Bhojan Kannabiran*

Department of Sports Physiotherapy R.V.S College of Physiotherapy, Coimbatore, The Tamil Nadu Dr.M. G. R. Medical University, Chennai, India

*Corresponding Author: Bhojan Kannabiran, Department of Sports Physiotherapy R.V.S College of Physiotherapy, Coimbatore, The Tamil Nadu Dr.M. G. R. Medical University, Chennai, India.

Received: August 13, 2024; Published: November 28, 2024

Abstract

Background: Individuals who engage in overhead activities are more likely to have shoulder tightness. For overhead athletes, stretching methods that target improving posterior shoulder soft tissue flexibility are frequently included in preventative and therapeutic regimens. The greatest stretching exercises to enhance posterior shoulder flexibility, glenohumeral joint internal rotation, and horizontal adduction range of motion in overhead athletes have been shown to be sleeper stretching and cross-body stretching exercises.

Methodology: The aim of the research is to determine whether sleeper stretches are more efficacy than cross-body stretches for increasing shoulder range of motion in dominant hand of fast bowlers. For this study, forty bowlers from Coimbatore were chosen based on their data. Two groups of patients were formed. Stretching exercises for the sleeper were given to Group A, and cross-body stretches were given to Group B. Goniometer measurements of Group A and B's test results before and after. The duration of the interventions was six weeks. The paired "t" test was employed inside the group comparison, and the unpaired "t" test was utilized between the group comparisons. The results were obtained by the application of statistical methods and statistical software, SPSS.

Result: There was a significant improvement in dominant shoulder internal and external range of motion of fast bowlers by applying sleeper stretch than cross body stretch.

Conclusion: This study concluded that sleeper stretching technique is more significant in improving shoulder internal and external range of motion compared to cross body stretching in fast bowlers.

 Keywords: Overhead Throwing; Posterior Shoulder Tightness; Sleeper Stretch; Cross Body Stretch; Goniometer

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Citation

Citation: Mohamed Fayiz P and Bhojan Kannabiran. “A Comparative Study on the Efficacy of Sleeper Stretch Over Cross Body Stretch on Dominant Shoulder Range of Motion Among Fast Bowlers".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 7.12 (2024): 21-24.

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Copyright: © 2024 Mohamed Fayiz P and Bhojan Kannabiran. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.