1. Musculoskeletal disorders
What are musculoskeletal disorders ?
Musculoskeletal disorders include any damage or injury
of muscles , nerves , tendons, joints etc, when any of
these tissues work harder or get stretched beyond
their normal limits.

2. Common manifestations of
muscoloskeletal disoreders
 Osteoarthritis
 Rheumatoid arthritis
 Gout
 Osteoporosis
 Carpel tunnel syndrome
 Tennis elbow
 Frozen shoulder
 Lumbar and cervical spondylitis

3. Ayurvedic approach
 As per ayurveda aggravation of vata dosha can be
considered as the main causative factor for the
musculoskeletal disorders which occurs due to-:
 Old age
 Trauma
 Overweight
 Physical and mental stress
 Inadequate and Improper diet
 Improper body postures at work, travelling etc.

4. Ayurvedic management
 Since pacification of vata dosha is the main goal of
treatment for these disorders , the detox therapy
aimed for the same has to be administered.
 Hence Basti therapy is used commonly for all
musculoskeletal disorders occuring due to vitiation
of vata dosha.
 The pre- procedures of the detox therapy i.e.
snehana and swedana also prove to be beneficial
for the same

5. Snehana and Swedana
 Snehan and swedan provides lubrication essential for
pacification of vata dosha.
 Snehan helps in loosening the toxins from their sites which
are then dislodged by swedan.
 These dislodged toxins are then easily expelled out of the
body by the detox therapy.

6. Basti therapy
 As per ayurvedic texts basti therapy is superior to all in
pacification of aggravated vata dosha in the
musculoskeletal system.
 Both internal and external basti’s are benefical for this
purpose.
 Internal basti’s will remove the vata dosha from it’s main
location i.e. the intestinal route and will try to cure the
disease pathology from it’s roots.
 External basti’s will relieve localized pain and
inflammation occurring in the affected regions.

7. External basti’s
Kati basti for Manya basti for neck Janu basti for knee
backpain pain in cervical joint pain in
In lumbar spondylitis spondylitis osteoarthritis ,
rheumatiod arthritis
etc.

8. Rejuvenative therapies in panchakarma
Shirodhara
In this, stream of medicated oils are
allowed to flow over head. Helps in
mental relaxation and used in
musculoskeletal disorders like
parkinson’s disease, stroke etc.

9. Udvartan
It involves massage
with medicated
powders useful in
improving the
microcirculation and
the efficacy of muscles

10. Ayurvedic medicines for
musculoskeletal disorders
 Dashamoola kwath
 Bala taila
 Ashwgandha choorna
 Panchtiktaghrita
 Yograj guggulu
 Rasnadi kwath
 Mahamasha taila
 Rasona Kshirapaka

11. Dietary rules
 Avoid skipping meals
 Have meals at regular timings
 Have warm water in between while having meals
 Avoid excess use of spices
 Meals should be warm
 Cold beverages to be given up
 Following items to be included in diet-
 Ghee
 Buttermilk
 Leafy vegetables, clear meat soup, green gram etc.

12. Lifestyle advice
Regular practice of yoga ,
pranayama etc. will help in
preventing these disorders .
Various yogic postures help in
relaxing the body by
relieving the stress on muscles.