Frozen Shoulder

According to Ayurveda frozen shoulder is caused due to an injury to the shoulder joint or vaata aggravation in the body. Vata dominating condition, where the vaata dosha only get vitiated, resulting mainly acute pain, tenderness etc. Vata kapha dominating condition, where vaata along with kapha dosha also gets vitiated, resulting mainly stiffness, heaviness, pain, restricted movement etc. The stiffness to the joints is contributed by Kapha Dosha. Because of involvement of Kapha Dosha, in many patients, cold exposure and at night time, the stiffness more worsens.In Ayurveda, the condition of frozen shoulder is co-related to Apabahuka.

A condition that leads to pain and stiffness of the shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis, is a condition that causes severe shoulder pain and stiffness making it difficult to move the shoulder. Initially it starts with a shoulder pain that lasts for months and increases in severity with time. Frozen shoulder is the result of scarring, thickening, and shrinkage of the joint capsule. Any injury to the shoulder can lead to a frozen shoulder.

Causes:

• Long hours sitting work
• Chilled food, irregular eating habits
• Go to bed late night and wakeup late
• Stress, excess sex activities
• More oily and fried food, excess use of non-vegetarian food
• Excess of pungent, bitter and astringent tasting foods etc.
• Injury to the region surrounding shoulder joint
• Excess exposure to the wind, Air-conditions etc
• Sleeping with wrong posture

Symptoms:

• Pain in Shoulder Joint and surrounding area including arm
• Stiffness & Tenderness around the shoulder joint
• Pain during movement of the joint.
• Swelling over the joint and around area
• Difficulty in carrying things
• Bruising around the shoulder joint or arm
• Signs of infection such as fever, redness etc
• Feeling of Weakness in the shoulder and arm

Treatment for Frozen Shoulder:

• In Modern allopathy, People affected with frozen shoulder generally try analgesics steroids, anti-inflammatory medications, etc which relieves the pain temporarily for some time, which pay occurs on a frequent basis. Because of this, the affected individual preferably goes to painkiller injections and tablets repetitively. Hence, instead of eliminating the root cause of the pain and relieving the symptoms, it actually increases the severity.
• But, The Ayurveda treatments aim to eliminate the root cause of pain, reduce pain and reduce vaata vitiation.Ayurvedic eliminates all the toxins, and treating stiffness and pain and ultimately preserving the joint structures naturally. Permanent relief from symptoms is the definitive cure for this disease. We offer effective Frozen Shoulder treatment through a combination of our proprietary Ayurvedic formulations and Traditional Ayurvedic combinations and the full range of Ayurvedic therapies that are administered by our Team of Experienced Ayurvedic Physicians and trained therapists. We have over the years perfected the art and science of treating Frozen Shoulder through conservative approach and avoiding the need to for surgery in a vast majority of patients. We advise a preventive approach to Frozen Shoulder as well. We have found that patients who follow our protocol are able to lead a much better quality of life. We offer the whole range of treatment at our Ayurveda Treatment Centre at various cities as well as in Kolkata where we provide Ayurveda Therapy and Yoga as part of our therapeutic approach. 
•  Panchakarma therapies are most effective like abhyanga, swedana, nasya, purgation (virechana), Greeva and shoulder Basti especially, Pizhichil, Pichu, Navarakizh and the use of herbal medications like Kashayas, Aristas, use of oils both internally and externally in order to remove the offending toxin permanently from the body. In the Panchakama treatment, use of oil massage also called as Abhyanga, doing steam bath called Swedanam along with Nasyam and Navarakizhi, which is a unique Panchakarama treatment usually done. 
• Do Aasna (Exercises), Yoga and meditation on regular basis.
• Avoid vaata aggeravating food and activities.

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