Comparison the Effect of Massage with Lavender Gel and Pyroxicam Gel on Exercise-Induced Muscle Pain in Male Students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Aims: Muscular pain is a common complication of physical activity. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of massage with lavender gel and pyroxicam gel on exercise-induced muscle pain in male students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study was performed on 75 male students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences in 1397. The specimens were randomly divided into three groups of 25, including a lavender gel massage group, a pyroxicam gel massage group and a placebo gel massage group. The specimens were randomly divided into three groups of 25, including a lavender gel massage group, a pyroxicam gel massage group and a placebo gel massage group. The research instrument was a checklist for the demographic characteristics of the samples and the Thalog malformation questionnaire. Samples completed the Talgh pain questionnaire after completing the exercise and also after the massage. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation and analytical statistics were used for Wilcoxon, Kruskal-Wallis and Bonferroni post hoc tests. In all tests, a significantly level of 0.05 or less will be considered. Results: The results showed that muscle pain induced by exercise in all three groups after massage was significantly reduced compared to before massage (p<0.001) The results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that the difference in muscle pain before and after massage with lavender gel and pyroxycam group was significantly different between the two groups (p<0.05), but between the two groups of lavender gel and gel Piroxicam was not significantly different (p>0.05). Conclusion: Lavender gel and pyroxycam reduce the pain more than placebo gel, but there is no difference between the effects of lavender gel and pyroxicam gel. Therefore, given that lavender is a medicinal plant and may have fewer side effects, it can be a good alternative to pyroxicam in reducing muscle pain due to exercise.