Musculo Skeletal

What is Arthritis? A disease causes painful Inflammation & stiffness of the joints. It can affect one joint or multiple joints.

Types of Arthritis: There are more than 100 different forms of Arthritis and related diseases. The most common types include,

1. OsteoArthritis(OA)
2. Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA)
3. Psoriatic Arthritis
4. Gouty Arthritis
5. Fibromyalgia

Symptoms:

1. Pain
2. Stiffness
3. Tenderness
4. Limitation of Movement
5. Crepitus
6. Swelling

According to Ayurveda, OsteoArthritis occurs due to vitiation of vata Dosha and is known as Sandhivata. In day to day activities, joints provide mobility but because of aging, trauma, accidents, frequent use of which bearing joits, normal structure & function of joints alter.

Normally for any joint to move freely some form of lubrication is essential which is provided by synovial fluid. It reduced not only frictional forces moving surfaces but also maintains the nutrition to cartilage bones.

Ayurvedic Approach: Ayurveda treatment offer an effective approach to relief and pain caused by OsteoArthritis.

1. Oushadha
2. Sthanika chikitsa
3. Rasayana chikitsa
4. Panchakarma

Benefits:

• Maintaining and improving range of movements.
• Controlling/ relieving pain
• Stability of affected joints
• Limiting Functional impairment

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammation of the spine and sacro-iliae joints, which can cause some of the vertebrae to fuse together. This fusing makes the spine less flexible.

Symptoms:

1. Pain, stiffness in lower back and hips
2. Especially in the Morning and after
3. Periods of inactivity

Most commonly affected area:

1. Spine
2. Pelvis
3. Vertebrae in lower back
4. Heel, tendons and ligaments
5. Shoulder joints

Treatment: Ankylosing spondylitis is caused due to gravated vata dosha. This imbalance cause degeneration and inflammation of the spine and may even lead to disability in the long term.

Main procedure:

• Internal Medicines
• External Therapy: Lepanam, Pichu, Kati vasti, Sarvanga dhara, Swedanam.
• Panchakarma Therapy: Nasyam, Virechanam, Vasthy
• Therapeutical Yoga

Benefits of Ayurveda Treatment:

1. Considerable relief in signs and symptoms
2. Improvement in Quality of life
3. Improvement in Spinal mobility

Psoriatic Arthritis is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease characterized by joint inflammation associated with cutaneous psoriasis.

Symptoms:

1. Red & Inflammed skin
2. Joint pain & swelling which Worse in the morning
3. Stiffness reduces with activity
4. Nails may be pulled away easily from the nail beds.
5. Nail Ridges- yellowish orange discoloration.

Treatment: Ayurveda it aims at the body detoxification or toxins elimination from the body fluids. It is attained by Panchakarma Treatments.

Treatment includes,

• Snehapanam
• Vamanam
• Virechanam
• Dhara
• Vasthy
• Internal Medications

Benefits of Treatment:

1. Ayurveda Treatment effective for skin disease.
2. Best advantage is that it had no side effects.
3. Reduces stiffness
4. Improves Mobility

Osteo Arthritis is a non inflammatory degenerative condition of joints characterized by degeneration of articular cartilage and formation of new bone i.e., osteophytes.

• Common in weight bearing joint such as Hip and knee.
• Also seen in spine and hands.
• Both male and females are affected.
• But more common in older women i.e., above 50yrs, particularly post- menopausal age.

Symptoms:

1. Pain
2. Stiffness
3. Tenderness
4. Limitation of movement
5. Crepitus
6. Swelling

According to Ayurveda, OsteoArthritis occurs due to vitiation of vata Dosha and is known as Sandhivata.

In day to day activities joints provide mobility but because of aging, trauma, accidents, frequent use of wt. bearing joints, normal structure & function of joints alter.

Normally for any joint to move freely some form of lubrication is essential which is provided by synovial fluid. It reduced not only frictional forces moving surfaces but also maintains the nutrition to cartilage bones.

Ayurvedic Approach: Ayurveda treatment offer an effective approach to relief and pain caused by OsteoArthritis.

• Oushadha
• Sthanika chikitsa
• Rasayana chikitsa
• Panchakarma

Benefits:

1. Maintaining and improving range of movements.
2. Controlling/ relieving pain
3. Stability of affected joints
4. Limiting Functional impairment

It is an auto-immune disease or illness when body's tissue are mistakenly attacked by their own immune system, which attacks on joints and other body parts. It attacks on the synovial joints. It is an inflammatory situation in which tremendous pain and swelling occures. This eventualy leads to immobility.

It commonly affects the joints of hands, feet, wrist, elbow, knees and ankles. It also affects the body system such as cardiovascular and respiratory system, which is also called as systemic disease.

In this swelling of gynovial cell, synovial fluid and development of tissues in the synovium occurs, which are the most common characteristic features of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Common Causes:

1. Heredity
2. Stress
3. Hormonal imbalance
4. Infection, Shock, Injury

Symptoms:

1. Joint pain
2. Tenderness
3. Swelling
4. Morning Stiffness
5. Weight loss
6. Joint deformity
7. Disturbance in daily activities
8. Small joints wrist, certain joint of the hand and feet are affected
9. Loss of joint function
10. Fever

Common Complications:

1. Lung Disease
2. Cardio-vascular disease
3. Depression
4. Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
5. Severe Deformities

Line of treatment:

• Langhanam
• Sodhana chikitsa
• Shamana chikitsa

Ayurvedic Treatment: Ayurveda offers the best treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis by reserving the condition through lifestyle changes and Medicinal support without further reoccurances.

At Aditti Ayurveda first time of treatment would be given to improve digestion by detoxifying body, which will help in balancing the immune system by reducing the toxic elements from the body. To achieve this goal we have to make life style changes and follow diet restrictions. Which will not onlu neutralize the immune system but also help in nourishment of the joints.

External therapies and Internal Medicines for Rheumatoid Arthritis are given to reduce inflammation, increase Detoxification rate and balance the Immune system. Second line of treatment will be given to nourish the joints in order to restore the damage in joints through various external therapies and ayurvedic medicines.

Benefits of Panchakarma therapies:

1. It would help to nourish your body.
2. Revitalize your nervous system.
3. Assist in overcoming fatigue, stress, pain.
4. Help you promote undisturbed sleep.
5. Improves Physical appearance.

Gout is a metabolic disorder. It occurs due to deposition of uric acid crystals in connective tissues, in and around the joints or in soft tissue cartilages at various part of the body.

Symptoms:

1. Pain, Swelling- Foot, ankle, knee or hand joints.
2. The attack is acute, it starts in the night.
3. Joint and surrounding tissues become hot, swollen extremely painful.
4. Fever

Gout in Men: During middle age of life, because of diet, obesity, hypertension, Family history.

Gout in Women: Estrogen naturally causes uric acid to flush out in urine. When women lose Estrogen after Menopause, the level of uric acid in their blood to rise. So, women generally develop signs & symptoms after Menopause.

Treatment:

1. Shodhana
2. Shamana
3. Abyangam
4. Lepanam
5. Ksheeradhara

Benefits:

• Improves Flexibility in joints
• Reduce pain, stiffness & inflammation

It is expressed as a shoulder joint with a distinguished loss of movement in all ways

Causes:

1. Diabetes
2. Inflamatory arthritis
3. Long term immobility
4. Previous injury
5. Over exercise

Treatments:

1. Ayurveda and panchakarma treatment for frozen shoulder mainly elimniate the root cause.
2. Perfect internal medications provides effective cure for frozen shoulder and promotes healthy movements of joints.
3. Panchakarma therapies helps to relive pain, restore movement and regain function.