Alternative treatment without pain killers or surgery
To move and have an active lifestyle without aching joints is a blessing. The weight bearing joints of the body are our knees! The condition once limited to old age is now seeing increasing prevalence in all age groups. Knee pain has a multitude of specific causes and management.
The most common causes of joint pain could be injury or arthritis, which are detected by blood tests and imaging techniques. While some experience knee joint pain, their tests turn out to be normal. This is very unique understanding of the body from Ayurveda comes handy in such scenarios.
A person can be predisposed by their prakruti (body composition that is determined genetically) to experience various aches and pains. Or a certain choice of diet and lifestyle could aggravate the pain in the knees. Women do experience joint pains before the onset of menstruation and during menopause. In such conditions, popping a few pain killers is never a good idea. Ayurveda helps you to better understand why you are experiencing pain and what your customized approach to holistic wellness is.
What causes knee joint pain and why is it important?
Ayurveda relies on the ‘cause and effect theory’, i.e. the cause of a particular disease needs to be addressed differently to achieve optimum results. Though the symptom here is knee pain, the causes are varied. The factor causing knee pain in you will be addressed according to your healthcare needs ensuring better results. For example, when a person is prone to develop pains during cold weather will require hot therapies focusing on the Vata dosha, while if the pain is due to an infection, then the line of management will vary completely.
Common symptoms
- Pain during any movement involving the knees
- There is a visible redness/swelling/deformity in the knees
- Inability to do full range of knee joint movements
- Sounds like cracking or popping joints on movement
- Stiffness or instability
It is also important that you pay close attention to: ‘when the knee pain increases?
It could be more at night, or after a period of standing or movements, even aggravating after eating particular foods. This will give your Ayurveda doctor a better idea about the cause of your knee pain.
Will joint pain go away?
A stitch in time saves nine’ holds very true in all aspects of health. Addressing the earliest discomfort or pain in the knees with adequate diagnosis, internal medicines and external panchakarma therapies along with necessary lifestyle changes will make recovery an easy journey.
In chronic conditions, when the condition of the disease is advanced, management takes time and patience. But, the need for use of consistent pain killers or injections or knee replacement surgeries can be avoided in most people.
How can we help you with knee joint pain?
As easy as it may seem to follow a few home remedy or a lifestyle change, a common protocol will not benefit you. It is very important that you get customized healthcare suggestions curated especially for you.
Knee pain in Ayurveda can be successfully managed in majority of the conditions. Identifying and addressing the specific cause, the aggravating factors by a consultation with Ayurveda physicians will pave way for better recovery.
Internal medicines are a combination of powerful ingredients like tablets, Kashaya, etc. work towards healing the body and the specific cause. Panchakarma procedures like Janu basti target the local knee joint and promotes soothing and healing activity.
Procedures like udwartana helps in weight loss, there by relieving joint pain due to over weight.
Also get specific diet and exercise recommendations that suit your body type, the place of living and seasons.
