Effect of Pelvic Rocking Exercises on Menstrual Cramps among Female Nursing Students.

Background: Menstrual cramps is a common gynecological condition with painful menstrual cramps of uterine origin. Menstrual cramps are dull ache or a shooting pain, most often occur in lower abdomen, lower back, hips, or thighs. Aim of research: The research aimed to evaluate effect of Pelvic rocking exercises on menstrual cramps among Female nursing students Research design: A quasi-experimental. Setting: Faculty of Nursing, Benha University. Sample: A Purposive sample consisted of 122 female nursing students at the first academic year (2024/2025) with menstrual cramps divided randomly into control group compromised (61) female nursing students and study group compromised (61) female nursing students. Tools of data collection: four tools were utilized for collecting data; a self-administered questionnaire, numeric pain rating scale, female student’s knowledge questionnaire, female student’s satisfaction sheet. Results: showed that there highly statistically significant differences between the study and control groups regarding the intensity of pain after 4 weeks and after 8 weeks of implementation of pelvic rocking Exercise (p < 0.01), there was highly statistically significant differences between the study and control groups regarding all knowledge subscales after 4 weeks and after 8 weeks of implementation of pelvic rocking Exercise (p < 0.01). and most of female nursing students in study group were satisfied with pelvic rocking Exercise application. Conclusion: Pelvic Rocking Exercise was effective in reducing menstrual cramps among female nursing students. Recommendation: Develop awareness program for females regarding benefits of pelvic rocking exercises to enhance knowledge.