Ankylosing Spondylitis

One of the strongest material found in human body are bones. Human body comprises of 206 bones attached with different ligaments, cartilages and tendons. Bones are the vital part of body, play different roles in our body- protecting organs, giving structure, storage house of calcium and providing structure to our body. It is very important to build strong and healthy bones during childhood. Our bones are continuously changing day by day. Most people attain their peak bone mass around 30. With growing age remolding of bones start. Further with the growing age our bones loss bone mass and we are more prone to bone diseases. Osteoporosis, arthritis, spondylitis, osteomalacia, osteopenia are some common examples of bone diseases.

According to Ayurveda, Ankylosing spondylitis is due to imbalance of tridoshas and vitiated vata contributes a lot to this problem. This imbalance causes a type of arthritis of the spine and lead to long-life disability. In this disorder disc and vertebrae gets swollen. It causes limitation of movements.

Aama generated from stomach —- Blocks way of vata —- Accumulated vata blocked specific areas —- vata moved to body joints —- Creates sharp pain and swelling —- Inability to move speedily.

Ayurveda offers excellent therapies for this disease. Different procedures are used to detoxify the toxin (ama) and purify the human body and prescribe a balance diet.

Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of arthritis that affects spine. It is an autoimmune disease. Inflammation of spine and sacroiliac joints is chronic. Inflammation can lead to severe, chronic pain and discomfort. It can also cause inflammation, pain and stiffness in shoulders, hip, ribs, heels and small joints of hand and feet. It can also cause Overtime chronic inflammation of spine leads to the fusion of vertebrae and patient is not able to move spine. Men are more prone to this disease rather than women.