The influence of relaxation with electromyography and Islamic prayer programs for female Muslim
Chronic work-related stress can fray nerves, keep you up at night and contribute to significant and independent risk problems such as heart disease and depression. Particularly, chronic job strain can put both your physical and emotional health at risk. Muscle relaxation is a useful evidence based...
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Academic Journals
2012
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| Summary: | Chronic work-related stress can fray nerves, keep you up at night and contribute to significant and
independent risk problems such as heart disease and depression. Particularly, chronic job strain can
put both your physical and emotional health at risk. Muscle relaxation is a useful evidence based
teaching and treatment approach for physical/remedial therapists. It can show unnecessary covert
muscles co-contractions and the muscles staying tense after performing a task and not relaxing. The
physiological monitoring can identify low level muscle activity which is not recognized by either the
client or the therapist. Electromyography (EMG) allows the invisible muscle tension to become visible
and is illustrated through a case study of a client who sought treatment because of shoulder pain. Her
pain started when she became employed in a vegetable store and continued to increase to the point
that she was afraid that she would have to stop working. During the assessment sessions, the trapezius
and deltoid EMG were recorded while her role played her job task which is keyboard typewriting
practice programs. The EMG showed increased shoulder tension, which did not return to baseline;
there baseline was also an absence of regenerative EMG gaps. Salah is the physically demanding
practice of formal prayer in Islam that helps adjust the rhythm of the body. After Salah training for
clients, substantial upper trapezius muscles activity can be demonstrated. In the present investigation,
the muscle activity of the right and left external upper trapezius muscles was examined to assess the
level of muscle activity during Islamic prayer. The EMG showed more significant decrease and
relaxation compared with non-training tasks of clients. After actually training using Salah with reduced
dysponesis, the client reported a significant decrease in headache and less exhaustion after a day’s
work. At 1 month follow up, she reported a significant decrease in her shoulder complaints and was
able to continue her job without shoulder problems. In summary, the findings are EMG-based. Salah
augments the behavioral interventions because it helps develop internal awareness and enhance health
status and reduce the risk of shoulder problems. |
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