Aplicación de las técnicas IASTM Y Cupping Therapy en deportistas de crossfit que presentan lesiones del manguito rotador.

Abstract

The injuries of the joint complex of the shoulder or rotator cuff in athletes who practice Crossfit are due to the lack of a strengthening of the muscles that adjust, to the poor performance of the movements, and to the overloads during sports gestures. The IASTM and Cupping Therapy techniques will be applied to reduce pain symptoms, normalize muscle tone and increase joint range. This research determines the benefits of the application of the IASTM and Cupping Therapy techniques in rotator cuff injuries in crossfit athletes between 17 and 35 years of age who attend the Crossfit IT3 and XFit Factory centers. This research work has a quantitative approach to pre-experimental design, longitudinal cut and explanatory scope, with a proportion of the nonprobabilistic sample of 31 athletes who practice Crossfit in the IT3 and XFit Factory centers. The results showed us that the athletes achieved better results in the following characteristics of the techniques, from IASTM to one group of athletes and Cupping Therapy to another group. As conclusions the technique of physiotherapy Cupping Therapy is a method with good results that allows to improve the symptoms of muscular injuries in the rotator cuff of the shoulder in athletes who practice Crossfit.