• Mrs. Prayukta Jena
• Dr. Mrs. Sandhya Adhyapak
• Mrs. Rupali Salvi
• Dr. Mrs. Nisha Naik

Pain is a complex, multidimensional experience. For many people, it is a major problem that causes suffering and reduces quality of life. .According to the health descriptors, low back pain is a symptom related to acute or chronic pain in the lumbar or sacral regions, and may be associated with sprains and strains of muscles and ligaments, displacement of the intervertebral disc and other conditions. Acute back pain lasts between 4 and 12 weeks and chronic back pain is lasting 12 or more weeks. The treatment possibilities for low back pain are of global interest. There are pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments proposed for this condition and, within these, massage is seen as a possible treatment, bringing benefits such as decreased pain and increased well-being. It is also indicated in the joint clinical practice guideline from the American college of physicians and American pain society, massage is one of the oldest healing arts. The benefits of the massage therapy are varied and far reaching. As an accepted part of many physical rehabilitation programmes, massage therapy has also proven beneficial for many chronic condition, including low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, fatigue. The present study title: A study to assess the effect of self-tennis ball massage therapy on low back pain among patients admitted in hospitals. The objective of the study was to identify the level of low back pain.,to assess the effect of self-tennis ball massage therapy,to find the association of pain with selected demographic variable. Material and Methods: In present study, researcher adopted Quasi experimental pretest-posttest control group design. Non-probability Purposive Sampling Technique was used. Study done on 60 samples. 30 samples are experimental group and 30 samples are control group. Ethical clearance was taken. Data was analysed by using Descriptive and Inferential statistics.Association was done by Fisher's test. Paired t-test was used for the effect of self- tennis ball massage therapy on low back pain among patients Result: After the massage therapy it was found that, 30% of them had mild pain and 70% of them had moderate pain. On day 4, second observation after intervention 93.3% of them had mild pain and 6.7% of them had moderate pain,and in control group 36.7% were having moderate pain and 63.3% having severe pain. On day4, second observation, 10% of them were having moderate pain and 90% having severe pain. Conclusion: Average pain score in experimental group consistently decreased over time points indicating the improvement in low back pain. Also, p-values are smaller (less than 0.05) at all-time points. Self- tennis ball massage therapy is significantly effective in improving the low back pain in patients. In control group, average pain score increased indicate worsening of low back pain. Also, p-values are smaller (less than 0.05) on day 2 onwards. Without self- tennis ball massage therapy low back pain in patients worsened significantly in control group.

Effect, Tennis-ball, Massage therapy, Low back pain, Patient

"Effect Of Self-Tennis Ball Massage Therapy On Low Back Pain Among Patients Admitted In Hospitals", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.439-448, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Z62.pdf

"Effect Of Self-Tennis Ball Massage Therapy On Low Back Pain Among Patients Admitted In Hospitals", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp439-448, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Z62.pdf