Ayurvedic Spondylosis Treatment

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Ayurvedic Treatment for Spondylosis

We at Dr Dassan's Ayurveda offer a natural treatment to the spondylosis patients which includes identifying the underlying causes. Our main objective is to understand the patient’s lifestyle, food habits and dosha. This helps us to advise them better on the appropriate health practices. Then we focus on calming the vata dosha of the patient as it is a vata condition. Our medicines have herbs like nirgundi, shalakki, suranjan etc which have anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and healing properties along with vata pacifying properties. Medications along with abhyanga (massage) with our herbal oil is an essential step to pacify Vata dosha and heal the associated wear and tear.

About Spondylosis

Spondylosis is a chronic condition that causes wear and tear of the spinal discs. This condition is considered as sandhigata vata of the spine in ayurveda.

Statistics of Spondylosis

  • Spondylosis typically appears in people over the age of 40, but it can still affect people of any age.
  • Cervical spondylosis typically affects men more than women comparatively.

Risk factors of Spondylosis

  • Being overweight
  • Lack of exercise
  • Inaccurate posture
  • An injured spine
  • Post spinal surgery
  • Continuous usage of the spine.
  • Mental health conditions like anxiety or depression

Types of Spondylosis

Cervical spondylosis It affects the neck and the upper back. Thoracic spondylosis It affects the middle back. Lumbar spondylosis It affects the lower back. Multilevel spondylosis It affects more than one part of the spine.

Symptoms of Spondylosis

  • Stiffness & mild pain that worsens after inactive periods.
  • A grinding feeling while moving the spine
  • Hands or legs weakness
  • Associated muscular pain
  • Associated chronic headache
  • Poor coordination & difficulty walking in severe cases
  • Loss of bladder or bowel control (If spinal cord is affected)

Ayurvedic Causative Fact

  • Sitting in the same position for hours.
  • Inaccurate posture while reading, writing.
  • Some spinal injury or trauma
  • Long term fear, anger, grief & stress
  • Starving for longer durations
  • Incompatible meal combinations
  • Suppressing natural urges to urinate, defecate etc.
  • Staying up late at night
  • Intake of food at irregular intervals
  • Exposure to cold winds

All the above factors aggravate Vata.

Ayurvedic Pathogenesis

According to ayurveda, spondylosis is caused due to the aggravated vata dosha that gets lodged in between the vertebral discs causing degeneration and wear & tear of the spine. It may even lead to disability in the long term.

Treatment

We at Dr Dassan's Ayurveda offer a natural treatment to the spondylosis patients which includes identifying the underlying causes. Our main objective is to understand the patient’s lifestyle, food habits and dosha. This helps us to advise them better on the appropriate health practices. Then we focus on calming the vata dosha of the patient as it is a vata condition. Our medicines have herbs like nirgundi, shalakki, suranjan etc which have anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and healing properties along with vata pacifying properties. Medications along with abhyanga (massage) with our herbal oil is an essential step to pacify Vata dosha and heal the associated wear and tear.