GOLFER’S ELBOW- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

Golfer’s elbow is also known as medial epicondylitis, where pain occurs on the inner side of the elbow joint.

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

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Pain on movements like flexion and extension
  • Gonfiore
  • Arrossamento
  • Tenderness on elbow joint
  • Rigidità
  • Numbness and tingling sensation in fingers

CAUSES OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Medial epicondylitis
  • Bursitis
  • Injuries to tendons
  • Sprains or strains

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

Due to the above-mentioned causes, the medial epicondylitis and tendons around the elbow joint gets inflamed leads to the manifestation of symptoms like pain, tenderness, etc.

DIAGNOSIS OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

  1. ESAMI
  • Inspection – joint deformity
  • Palpation – tenderness
  • Movimenti – Flexion, Extension of elbow joint
  1. INDAGINI
  • Raggi X

TREATMENTS FOR GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Medications – Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Analgesic.
  • Surgical management

PROGNOSIS OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Golfer’s elbow due to traumatic injuries difficult to cure

COMPLICATIONS OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Fracture patterns involving the coronoid process, including posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) and varus posteromedial instability.
  • Limited range of movement of elbow joint

GOLFER’S ELBOW AND AYURVEDA    

  • In Ayurveda, golfer’s elbow falls under Vatavyadhi or a Vata dosha imbalance disorder, particularly snayugata vata
  • According to Ayurveda, the elbow joint is called kurpara sandhi.
  • 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 GOLFER’S ELBOW

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

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Pain in the elbow joint on movement.

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • 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 elbow joint and produces different kinds of aches and pains.

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Toda – Pain on elbow joint

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF GOLFER’S ELBOW

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

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR GOLFER’S ELBOW

Ayurvedic local treatment for golfer’s elbow

  • Svedam – local fermentation
  • Applicazione di lepa antidolorifica

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Dasamoolarishtam
  • Maharasnadi kashyam
  • Gandha tailam insieme al latte
  • Laksha guggulu

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • NASYA- Ksheerabala, anutaila

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR GOLFER’S ELBOW

Amministrazione interna

  • Maharasnadi kashayam
  • Rasnerandadi kashayam
  • Dasamoolarishtam
  • Gandha tailam
  • Laksha guggulu
  • Trayodasanga guggulu
  • Mahayogaraja guggulu

HOME REMEDIES FOR GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • 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 GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • 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.

YOGA FOR GOLFER’S ELBOW

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – Calms the mind and gets relief from aches and pains

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.

·       Tadasana

·       virabhadrasana

  • Anjali mudra