CervicaI Spondylosis
This is a disorder in which the discs vertebrae in the neck degenerate and so has a pulling pressure on the spina! cord in the neck.
Causes
1) With aging the bone of the spine overgrows and narrows the spinal canal in the neck. As a result the spinal cord or the spinal nerve roots are compressed causing dysfunction.
2)Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis may also produce cervical pain and degerieration.
Symptoms
1)Cervical degeneration is commoniy seen after thirty years of age.
2)The characteristic clinical features are shooting pain and weakness.
3) Leg movements may become jerky or spastic in advanced stages.
Treatment principle according ayurveda
1) Joints are the seat of kapha
2)It is a vata kapha problem.
3)The treatment management differs in acute cervical prolapse (avarana) and in degeneration (dhatu ksaya). 4)Ousada kala -night (Urdva jatru vikaresu nisi)
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Keywords
spinal cord
cervical pain
neck degenerate
discs vertebrae
pulling pressure
cervical prolapse
spinal nerve roots
vata kapha problem
CervicaI Spondylosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cervical degeneration
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Urdva jatru vikaresu nisi
treatment management differs
characteristic clinical features
