Effect of balance training along with strengthening exercises on pain and functional performance among cricket bowlers with ankle instability

Background: Cricket is most popular game in the world. It is a bat and ball game played in teams. In cricket, Bowlers has more prone to ankle injuries. Ankle instability is lead to weakness, discomfort and difficulty with balance or mobility among cricket bowlers. Objectives: The study is to find out the title effect of balance training along with strengthening exercise on pain and functional performance among cricket bowlers with ankle instability. Methods: The study was a single group pre and posttest experimental study design. The balance training along with Strengthening exercise was given to 20 cricket bowlers with only male at age of 18-25years based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The treatment duration was 4 weeks. Result: The result showed that there is a significant difference in both Numerical Pain Rating Scale mean value is (pretest -7.17 & posttest-5.13) and Foot and Ankle Ability Measure mean value is (pretest- 52.5 & posttest -56.2). Conclusion: The study concluded that the balance training and strengthening exercise both interventions to reduce the pain and increase the functional ability of the bowlers with ankle instability.