Sports injuries are commonly seen in sportsperson. Sports medicine helps in physical fitness along with treatment and also preventive of injury related to sports, exercise etc. All sports are prone to risk of injuries in one or other form. Varieties of sports injuries are seen in form of bruises, sprains, strains, tear and stress fractures caused when an abnormal stress is placed on tendons, joints, ligaments, bones or muscles. In Ayurvedic classics, Vatadosha is responsible for all the body movement and when it is vitiated due to the excessive use of particular joint, it cause pain in the affected muscle, joint and ligaments. In sport injuries Vata dosha is aggravated due to increased risk of trauma or injury, which may leads to pain in the affected parts. As Vatadosha is responsible for any kind of pain in the body, hence in this case Vatashamak Chikitsa should be the choice of treatment which includes Prakritisthapana with internal medicine or with external therapies like Lepana, Upanaha, Aalepa, to promote tissue healing, Patrapinda Sweda in stiffness and pain, along with treatment modalities like Katibasti, Bandhana, Agnikarma and Raktamokshana. In various Ayurvedic text, the Marma mainly considered as fatal points of body in which any trauma may leads to severe disabilities or even death. These Marma points can be utilized in wise manner for treatment of various sports injuries.
All our activities of day-to-day life like sitting, standing, jumping, running, walking, bending, stretching, etc depends on the integrity and healthy condition of our joints. We cannot even imagine living easily with painful, swollen and stiff joints. There are many diseases which affects at some or the other part of our life. Many of them give pain and distress, others disturb our living. Osteoarthritis is one such chronic degenerative disease which when afflicts the joints makes one feel that life is definitely a curse. It occurs mainly in weight bearing joints or may also affect other joints. In Ayurveda it is considered as sandhigata vata which can be managed by different panchkarma therapies and medications. Physical activity such as yoga along with panchkarma gives joint more stability and helps in fast healing. Hence rehabilitation of both yoga and panchkarma gives a better approach towards osteoarthritis.
Obesity is a condition in which body has excess fat which shows negative effects on the body. The incidences of obesity have been regularly increasing. It is also including childhood obesity. At an individual level, a combination of excessive food energy intake and a lack of physical activity is thought to explain most cases of obesity It is not only a disease increases the body fat but also includes other health related disorders i.e; Breathing disorder, Heart disease, Depression, Diabetes mellitus, High blood pressure, High cholesterol etc. In Ayurveda obesity is considered as stholya, means a person in whom excessive and abnormal increase of Meda along with Mamsa Dhatu in the body, which results into pendulous appearance of Sphika, Udara and Stana. Obesity management has been described in many places in Ayurveda. In Panchkarma obesity is treated through Lekhan basti, Vamana, Virechana, Udvartan etc. Lekahan basti and Udvartan plays a very important role in obesity management. Yogic management of obesity is based on controlled and balanced diet, Yoga postures or Asanas and breathing techniques. Consuming only the amount of food that we really need, along with regular exercise, performing intermittent water fasts, Pranayama, and Yogaasanas can give relief to obesity. Although Yoga and Panchakarma have almost same in respect of Shodhana procedures.
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