Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Sleep Disturbance in Athletes

Literature supports that athletes have so many reasons for sleep disturbance in their day to day practice and during competition. This study is aimed to build familiarity with the significance of sleep for greatest athletic execution as well as providing Progressoive Muscle Relaxation(PMR),(A technique proposed by Jackobson to improve sleep and degrease the anxiety) as strategy to improve sleep prior to a significant competition during tournament

Inclusion Criteria: Participants falling in this category would be recruited into the study.Active athletes who are training for a competition.Age between 18 -36 years.Athletes score falling above 4 on "Athletic Sleep Screening Questionnaire"Exclusion Criteria:Participant failing to fall in this category would be excluded of the study.Athletes who are not performing for more than a year.History of metabolic diseases.Athletes taking sleeping aids i.e. sleeping pills.Having acute injury