Yoga exercise on reduction of menstrual pain among adolescent girls

According to World Health Organization, the incidence of menstrual pain in the world is very large, on average more than 50% of women in every country had their periods. The prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea in Indonesia is quite high (60-70%) and 15% of them experience severe pain, generally occurring in adolescents and adults. Yoga is a relaxation technique, breathing and body positioning to increase strength, balance and reduce pain. This is because when doing exercise the body will produce endorphins. This yoga exercise training is carried out in order to reduce menstrual pain in adolescent girls. This research aimed to determine the effectiveness before and after yoga training on menstrual pain in adolescent girls at Husada Winaya Pratama Vocational High School (SMK) Pandeglang. The type of research is quasy experiment with pretest-posttest without control group design. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling with sample of number of 24 respondents. The instruments are based on the scale of numerical ratings scale and yoga booklets. The statistical test used is paired t-test. The results show that the average pain score before yoga was 2.92 while after yoga the average pain score decreased to 1.67. The conclusions and suggestions is yoga exercise composed of physical movement and respiration tehniques affect the lower pain in adolescent girls. The practice of yoga exercise can be applied as an alternative method to reducing menstrual pain and also as a refrence to adolescent girls about the non-pharacological treatment of dysminore.