Osteoarthritis & Joint Pain Management
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| Description | Joints connect our bones, they support and allow movement. Any damage to the joints, through disease or injury, can interfere with movement and cause pain, stiffness, swelling and inflammation. Many different conditions can lead to painful joints, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis, gout, strains, sprains, and other injuries. Joint pain is extremely common |
| Treatment | The Ayurvedic treatment has been proved to be efficacious in joint disease such as arthritis. Treatment for each type of joint pain is unique and depends on the Dosha and individual condition. At Linta’s basically oral Medicine with personalized diet and purification procedures are adopted. Depending on specific situation some of the following procedures are applied: Abhyangam a basic massage with herbal oil, Lepam a medicinal plaster which cleanses and reduces inflammation , Elakizhi an innovative classical massage with medicated leaves, Jambeera panda swedam a fomentation massage technique with finely chopped lemon preparation, Dhanyamla dhara a specially medicinal oily preparation applied in a small continuous and constant stream over the body or affected area, Pizhichil a particular type of massage that combine the property of medicated oil and heat therapy, Njavarakizhi special heated bolus body massage using medicinal rice variety known as Njavara, Kati vasti a procedure where medicated oil is retained for a certain period of time in the low back area and Janu vasti a procedure where medicated oil is retained in the knee joint for a certain period of time |
| Duration | A 14 day treatment period, or more, is recommended |