COCCYDYNIA- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

Coccydynia is the condition in which the Pain in or around the tailbone at the bottom of the spine.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COCCYDYNIA
  • CAUSES OF COCCYDYNIA
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COCCYDYNIA
  • DIAGNOSIS OF COCCYDYNIA
  • TREATMENTS FOR COCCYDYNIA
  • PROGNOSIS OF COCCYDYNIA
  • COMPLICATIONS OF COCCYDYNIA
  • COCCYDYNIA AND AYURVEDA8
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF COCCYDYNIA
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF COCCYDYNIA
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF COCCYDYNIA
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COCCYDYNIA
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF COCCYDYNIA
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR COCCYDYNIA
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR COCCYDYNIA
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COCCYDYNIA
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR COCCYDYNIA
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR COCCYDYNIA
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR COCCYDYNIA
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COCCYDYNIA
  • YOGA FOR COCCYDYNIA

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • Pain in the site of the tailbone
  • Pain may radiate towards the leg
  • Low backache
  • Pain aggravated during sitting
  • Tenerezza
  • Pain may be associated with bowel movement

CAUSES OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • Lesioni traumatiche
  •  Childbirth
  • Infezioni
  • Cancro e metastasi
  • Weight gain
  • Strain
  • Poor posture
  • Degeneration

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COCCYDYNIA  

Age-related wear and tear occur in the spine may lead to pain in the tail bone. External trauma usually occurs due to a backwards fall, leading to a bruised, dislocated, or broken coccyx. 

DIAGNOSIS OF COCCYDYNIA   

  • Ispezione
  • Palpation – to find out the tenderness
  • Movimenti
  • Raggi X
  • RISONANZA MAGNETICA
  • Scansione TC

TREATMENTS FOR COCCYDYNIA  

  • La fisioterapia e gli antidolorifici possono essere d'aiuto. In alcuni casi può essere necessario un intervento chirurgico.
  • Medications – Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Analgesics

PROGNOSIS OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • Prognosis is based on the cause of the pain, duration and condition of the patient

COMPLICATIONS OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • Coccydynia due to fracture of the tailbone produce complications
  • Chronic pain

COCCYDYNIA AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, coccydynia falls under Vatavyadhi or a Vata dosha imbalance disorder.
  • It is manifested as katigraha (low backache)
  • Vata vyadhi can be correlated to neurological or neuromuscular disorders. The causes and pathogenesis of diseases caused by vitiation of Vata dosha, in general, are the exclusive cause and pathogenesis ofpain, numbness, tingling sensation.

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • Eccesso di consumo di cibi freddi e poco sostanziosi
  • Esercizio fisico eccessivo.
  • Soppressione degli impulsi naturali.
  • Trauma
  • Lesioni

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • Sharp pain and numbness in the low back region or above the buttocks.

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • I dosha vata, pitta e kapha si muovono attraverso tutti i canali di circolazione. A causa della natura sottile di vata, esso spinge gli altri due dosha.
  • Il vata aggravato, avendo provocato questi due dosha, si esacerba e riempie i canali vuoti e si muove notevolmente al loro interno o facendosi avvolgere dagli altri dosha.
  • The aggravated vata resides in the lower spine and produces different kinds of aches and pains.

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • Toda – Pain
  • Sada - debolezza
  • Sensazione di formicolio
  • Numbness
  • Rigidità

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF COCCYDYNIA  

  • Pain associated with traumatic injuries is difficult to cure – krichra sadhya

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR COCCYDYNIA  

Ayurvedic local treatment for coccydynia 

  • Applicazione di lepa antidolorifica
  • Valuka svedam – local fermentation
  • Kateevasthi-panchaguna taila
  • Kateepichu-Sahacharadi tailam

 

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COCCYDYNIA  

  • Trayodasanga guggulu
  • Mahayogaraja guggulu

 

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR COCCYDYNIA  

  • NASYA-Ksheerabala
  • VASTHI-Erandamooladi yapana vasthi
  • SNEHAVIRECHANAM-Eranda tailam

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR COCCYDYNIA  

Amministrazione interna

  • Balarishtam
  • Dhanwanthararishtam
  • Ayaskrithi
  • Maharasanadi Kashayam
  • Rasnasaptakam Kashayam
  • Rasnadi Kashayam
  • Ksheerabala Tailam
  • Gandha tailam
  • Rasaraj ras
  • Laksha guggulu
  • Trayodasanga guggulu
  • Mahayogaraja guggulu

Applicazione esterna

  • Sahacharadi tailam
  • Panchaguna tailam
  • Mahanarayana tailam

 HOME REMEDIES FOR COCCYDYNIA  

  • Applicazione di calore sulla zona interessata mediante un asciugamano bagnato con acqua calda
  • Massaggiare la zona dolorosa per 15 minuti (senza esercitare troppa pressione).

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COCCYDYNIA  

  • Evitare gli alimenti che producono uno squilibrio di vata dosha, come i cibi freddi e secchi, difficili da digerire. Perché lo squilibrio vata aggrava i sintomi.
  • Consumare alimenti facilmente digeribili, latte vaccino
  • Evitare esercizi pesanti che aggravano ulteriormente le condizioni.
  • Oil massage on affected area advised. Which alleviates vata dosha
  • Riposare adeguatamente.
  • Avoid long term sitting

 

YOGA FOR COCCYDYNIA  

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam - calma la mente e dà sollievo ai dolori.

 

Il paziente deve essere seduto in posizione meditativa con la testa e la colonna vertebrale erette e il corpo rilassato. Il paziente deve chiudere una narice (ad esempio la sinistra se si usa la mano destra e viceversa) con il pollice ed espirare completamente attraverso l'altra narice. Di nuovo, dovrà inspirare profondamente attraverso l'altra narice mentre la narice opposta è ancora chiusa con il pollice.

  • Bhujangasana
  • Dhanurasana
  • Pavanamuktasana
  • Shisuavasana