Knee Pain

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Who suffer from knee pain?

Almost every body from all walk of life. Home maker, Traffic police, Teacher, Dancer, labourer, rich person who does not work, obesed person, thin person, male, female! Everybody.

Why?

Due to over work, trauma, degeneration, over weight, weak tendons and ligaments, mal nutrition, hypocalcemia (Low calcium).

Generally what happens?

1. There is a lubricant like liquid in between the intra articular space of the knee joint. It prevents degeneration and works like a shock absorber. Due to aging process as a normal physiology that gets degenerated causing a failure to the smooth movement inside the knee joint. It also maintains a hydraulic pressure inside the knee joint and maintains a gap in between the two heads of the Femur (Bone of upper leg) and the Tibia (Bone of lower leg). Due to degeneration the gap is reduced giving rise to a head on collision or friction among the two long bones. Also, the degeneration takes place due to over work or a trauma.

2. Due to relatively overweight ( Even a lesser weight may be a problem for the less toned tendons and ligaments and behave like over weight, so called relatively over weight) the tendons and ligaments around the knee joint come under stress causing pain in the knee joint. In this case the pain aggravates on walking, stepping up/down the stare case, squatting down etc. The patient will finger out points on the knee joint for pain and tenderness.  Also, the inflammation of tendons and ligaments takes place due to over work or a trauma.

What is the solution?

Now a days lots of anti inflammatory, analgecic medicines along with glucosamine are widely prescribed for the osteoarthritis of knee. In my view they are not very good solutions. Also knee replacement is not a popular option due to different limitations.

What we do at Astang Ayurveda?

Normally patients above the age of 45 years come with the problems of osteoarthritis knee. Patients of that age group never appreciate an obesity management program. Also osteoarthritis patients with a lower weight or patients with a trauma on knee joint have nothing to do with obesity management.

According to Ayurveda Tendons and ligaments are the sub tissue of some other prime tissues. If we nourish the tissue qualitatively, then the tendons and the ligaments get nourished functionally without gaining any weight. 

We take the support of specialized Ayurveda pancha karma treatment and give the patient an assured pain less life.

Written by: Dr A P Nayak

Email: drapnayak@gmail.com