Effectiveness of Prenatal Gentle Yoga and Effleurage Massage in Low Back Pain Third Trimester Pregnant Women

Background: Pregnant women often complain of low back pain, typically becoming more intense as pregnancy progresses due to changes in posture, such as increased lordosis and a shift in the center of gravity. If not addressed, this pain can negatively impact the quality of life by interfering with daily activities. However, Prenatal gentle yoga and effleurage massage are effective ways to avoid back pain. Objective: To examine how women in their third trimester of pregnancy might manage their lower back discomfort using effleurage massage and gentle yoga. Methods: In the quasi-experimental design of this research, selective sampling approaches are used. Additionally, a two-group pretest-posttest design is utilized, and there is no control group provided. The research was conducted in the PMB Ika Winoto area, and forty expectant mothers with back pain who were in the third trimester were among them. The Effleurage treatment consisted of a 30-minute massage session, with each movement performed for about 10 minutes, administered twice to each participant. Prenatal yoga sessions were also conducted twice a week, with each session lasting 60 minutes. A numerical rating scale, also known as the NRS, was used to assess the amount of back pain that the patient was experiencing). To fully examine the data, a Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was used. Results: P-values for the Effleurage massage group and the Prenatal Gentle Yoga group were 0.000 and 0.005, respectively, according to the analysis findings. The average reduction in low back pain intensity was 9.86 for the Effleurage massage group and 6.87 for the Prenatal Gentle Yoga group. Conclusion: Both pregnancy gentle yoga and effleurage massage work well to relieve low back pain. Regarding how pregnant women who are still in the third trimester of their pregnancy should be treated for low back pain, the effleurage massage method works better than prenatal yoga. Therefore, for expectant mothers who are suffering from low back discomfort, these techniques represent effective alternative medicines that are simple to use and have few adverse effects.