The Effectiveness of Ruesi Dudton Stretching Exercise with Health Information to reduce Low Back Pain in Postpartum Women Pak Nam Lang Suan Hospital, Lang Suan District , Chumphon Province

Abstract

Background: Back pain in postpartum women were pain around the area lumbar spine to sacrum because of the process of labor and birth. The muscle expansion and contraction process. There are many procedures to treat postpartum women with thai traditional principle on follow massage, herbal compress, various physical exercises and Ruesi Dudton stretching exercise.

Objective: To study the effects of Ruesi Dudton stretching exercise with Health Information to reduce Low back pain in postpartum women.

Method: The research design was a quasi-experimental with the low back pain in postpartum women at Pak Nam Lang Suan Hospital, Lang Suan District, Chumphon Province. Data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire edited by specialists, and the results showed a content validity of 0.88 and a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.93. Data collection period was between November 2016 and January 2017. The sample group were 60 people with the low back pain in postpartum women. The control group were 30 participant (only of health information) and the experimental group were 30 participant (Ruesi Dudton stretching exercise with health information) by pretest-posttest. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, paired t-test, independent t-test.

Result: The potential of health information with Ruesi Dudton stretching exercise have reduce low back pain in postpartum women better than the only of health information low back pain in control group in statistically significance at the 0.05 level.

Conclusion: The effects of Ruesi Dudton stretching exercise with Information to reduce Low back pain in postpartum women.