Tempimo pratimų poveikis boksininkų liemens raumenų ištvermei, skausmui ir stuburo paslankumui / ; Boxers streching exercises effect trunk muscles endurance, pain and spine mobility.

A lumbar pain is a relevant problem of modern athletes. The causes of these pains and the ways of avoidance and prevention of them have been analysed in many sports branches. In boxing, however, not much has been done regarding spine pains. The study on the cause of pain and its prevention when exercising boxing would enable to reduce the possibility of pain and ensure full range preparation of an athlete. Before initiating the study, a problem question was formulated: is it possible to improve the mobility of the spine and avoid or, at least, diminish low back pains by applying stretching exercises in the boxing sport branch. The aim of the paper is to test stretching exercises effect, of boxers trunk muscles endurance, low back pain prevention and spine mobility. The following objectives have been set to achieve the aim of the study: 1. To asses the lumbar pain and pain power of investigatives. 2. To assess investigatives, who felt low back pain, pain alteration, back muscle endurance, spine mobility and shoulders symmetry, before and after technical readiness of training, whereat was applied streching exercises. 3. To asses investigatives, who didn‘t felt low back pain, pain alteration, back muscle endurance, spine mobility and shoulders symmetry, before and after technical readiness of training, whereat the streching exercises was not applied. 4. To evaluate the correlation between: back muscle endurance with lumbar pains, on I and II testing, side mobility correlation to lumbar pains during the I testing, shoulders symmetry and lumbar pains during I and II testing, shoulders symmetry and side mobility correlation during I and II testing. The hypothesis was raised that if corresponding muscle stretching exercises are applied for boxers before and after training, the mobility of the spine may be increased and the possibility of lumbar pain rise may be reduced, as well as, on-going pains may be relieved. The low back pain felt 43% of investigatives. The biggest pain value was 6 points. The stretching exercises ...