Ayurvedic Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders

Abstract

Ayurveda is a science of life which states us how to live healthy. The main objective of Ayurveda is to accomplish physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing by adopting preventive and promotive approch as well as to treat the disease with its remmessive approches. Now a days people across the world are suffering from a very common and costly problem i.e Musculoskeletal disorders. It may be defined as an injury and disorder which affects the human body's movements or musculoskeletal system which includes muscle, tendons, disc, nerves, ligaments, blood vessels etc.                                                                                                             Most commomly occuring disorders associated with musculoskeletal system are Osteoporosis, Sciatica, Degenerative disorders, An inflammatory disorders, Traumatic damage, Spondylitis etc.                                                                                                        Since thousands of years the role of ayurveda in management of musculoskeletal disorders has been very successful, because ayurvedic classics understands the aliments in details like etiological factors, imbalanced doshas, digestive fire and after a thorough examination of the body and mind of the client. This is followed by systemic medications and panchakarma therapies to manage aliments without any side effects. Present article deals with Ayurvedic management of musculoskeletal disorders as mentioned in ayurvedic classics.