Estiramiento Miofascial en la prevención y tratamiento de la lumbalgia en deportistas que practican Powerlifting en el Polideportivo Huancavilca de la Federación Deportiva del Guayas.

Abstract

Myofascial self-release is a kinesthetic technique made with instruments such as foam roller, a roll of foam that helps stretch the muscles and release adhesions. In the training of power sports such as Powerlifting, individuals are very prone to injury, especially at the lumbar level, due to lack of stretching or technique. This research demonstrates the benefits of the self-stretching of the myofascial chains in weight lifters of the Huancavilca Sports Center of the Federation of Guayas of the pre-juvenile and juvenile categories, it is of pre-experimental type, the design responds to a quantitative approach; the scope is explanatory based on the inductive method. The research line corresponds to physical activity, sports and physical therapy. In the final evaluation of athletes with low back pain lumbar pain symptoms improved according to the Eva test 70.27% did not present pain, increased flexibility in the Wells test by 71.43%, increased the maximum force by 23.81%, strength of resistance in 52.38%, explosive in 38.1% and improved their position. In athletes without low back pain the maximum strength was increased by25%, the explosive force by 31.25% and the strength-endurance by 37.50%, the flexibility in the Wells test was also increased by 81.25% and the posture, which allows us to confirm that myofascial self-stretching with the foam roller is an effective method that allows increasing strength and flexibility in athletes with and without low back pain.