What is Musculoskeletal Disorder and How Ayurveda Treats It
Overview of Musculoskeletal Disorder
Musculoskeletal disorders refer to all sorts of disorders or injuries, which affect the musculoskeletal system or movement of a human body. In other words, musculoskeletal disorder implies the disorder caused to tendons, muscles, nerves, ligaments, blood vessels, and discs.
Symptoms of Musculoskeletal Disorder
Common symptoms of Musculoskeletal disorders are stiff joints, recurrent pain, dull aches, and swelling. The problem may affect almost every part of the system. These include shoulders, neck, back, wrists, legs, hips, feet, and knees. The symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders interfere with daily activities, like typing or walking. Patients thus face difficulty in accomplishing their routine tasks or experience a limited range of physical motion.
Causes or Risk Factors of Musculoskeletal Disorder
You may develop the problem of MSD i.e. musculoskeletal disorder because of certain risk factors. These include the following-
- Your age
- Occupation or job profile
- Lifestyle
- Activity Level
However, in some cases, you develop MSD in any form if any of your family members had a musculoskeletal disorder.
Along with this, specific activities may cause wear and tear of the musculoskeletal system, which results in MSDs. These are as follows-
- Sitting for long hours and in the same position in front of your PC or laptop daily
- Involving in any type of repetitive motion
- Consistently lifting heavy weights or any other manual tasks, which need a relatively high force load on an individual’s body
- Failure to maintain the right posture at your work, as awkward body postures apply excessive force on bones and joints while overloading the tendons and muscles across the respective joints
Facts and Statistics on Musculoskeletal Disorder
- Approximately 20percent to 33percent of people belonging to different parts of the world experience the problem of musculoskeletal disorder even though the prevalence of the condition varies according to diagnosis and age
- Musculoskeletal disorders are one of the biggest categories related to workplace injuries and may lead to 30percent of workers’ compensation costs.
- Approximately 16percent to 20percent of people globally suffer from disability because of musculoskeletal conditions.
Ayurvedic Treatment to Deal with Musculoskeletal Disorder
Based on the severity of the MSD condition, a large number of patients have started undergoing Ayurvedic Treatment to manage their symptoms. Common Ayurveda treatments include-
How we @ pushplata ayurveda in Rewari does Ayurvedic Treatment
Ayurvedic treatment aims to rectify the imbalance of various Vatadoshas, which are responsible to cause pain and discomfort in the body of a person because of cervical spondylosis.
Common Types of Ayurvedic Karmas and/or Medicated Oils
Abhyanga
In Abhyanga, Ayurveda experts apply herbal oil to massage the affected area of your body, like shoulders, neck, legs, and others.
Swedana
If MSD affects your multiple body parts and limits your activities, you must undergo Swedana treatment. This is a herbal steam bath, where Ayurveda experts generate steam by boiling a few of the fresh leaves/herbs in water.
Kati Basti
We know that musculoskeletal disorders adversely affect the bones and ligaments, shoulders, knees, back, neck, and many more. Positively, Ayurveda has Kati Basti’s musculoskeletal treatment to treat the problem effectively by applying massage across the affected areas.
Churna Pinda Sweda
In the case of Churna Pinda Sweda, Ayurveda experts use herbal powders fried or heated in herbal oils by placing them in bolus for rubbing the painful areas of the human body.Musculoskeletal disorders may affect almost every bone or joint of the human body and if left untreated, may lead to disability. Hence, one should essentially undergo proper Ayurvedic treatment timely.
