Healthy Joints and Muscles with Homeopathy
Human beings are an industrious species and we are never content to be static but always striving towards new goals and tasks. Just as a machine would rust and degrade over time so does a human body. Our joints and muscles bear the most brunt of our body weight and everyday tasks and naturally undergo wear and tear with time. They provide us with support to maintain our posture and helps us move and carry out simple and complex tasks with efficiency. It is important to take good care of our skeletal system so we can be mobile, active and pain free. With homeopathy it is easy to manage different conditions of joints and muscles so long as appropriate care is taken to keep them in best shape.
Joint pain is an increasingly common condition affecting people of almost all age groups and both sexes. In younger ages joint troubles are usually those acquired by falls and injuries. On the other end of the spectrum, the older age group mostly suffers from degenerative conditions of the joints. Joint pain is usually accompanied by redness, swelling and stiffness of the affected area. Chronic joint disease eventually leads to deformity of the joint, which means it may attain an unnatural attitude from which it may be difficult to recover. Rheumatoid arthritis is a notorious condition leading to joint deformities. It causes severe pain in small joints (commonly fingers) and morning stiffness that takes a long time to regress.
A variety of conditions can adversely affect joints and muscles. The simplest factor is aging. Over time our bones start degenerating, synovial fluid (which keeps our joints well lubricated) dries up, joint deformities set in and osteoarthritis may become evident. Hip and knee pains become a common occurrence. The condition is exacerbated in women after menopause because of lack of estrogen.
Joints and muscles are also degraded because of a sedentary lifestyle and poor posture. Presently the habit of slouching over computers and mobile phones has led to an alarming increase in joint problems (example, cervical spondylosis) in young adults. Certain acute infections and fevers give rise to a chronic arthropathy (joint disease); the best example is joint pains post chikungunya. Homeopathic medicine for joint pain after chikungunya is widely used and proven to be extremely beneficial in eradicating this complaint. Joints and muscles are also prone to a variety of injuries. Some examples are tennis elbow, fractures, sprains, twisted ankle, etc. While fractures certainly require immobilization and cast placement, homeopathic medicines help in speeding up the healing process and manage pain.
Lately as we have stepped into the era of auto-immune diseases joints have become more vulnerable. Most common auto-immune disease affecting joints is rheumatoid arthritis. Such diseases not only cause pain and disability, they are also chronic and obstinate in nature. Fortunately, homeopathic medicine for joint pain and stiffness has shown great benefits. Another disease condition causing severe joint pains is gout. This occurs due to an increase in blood uric acid levels. Small joints of the feet are largely affected.
There are a variety of steps we can take to ensure that our joints remain in good condition and do not cause pain and disability. The first and foremost is to maintain a good diet. Calcium levels are falling to alarming levels in urban dwellers and this leads to brittle bones and exaggerated injuries. Diet rich in milk and milk products, roasted foxnuts and broccoli are helpful. Ghee and butter should be taken in moderate quantity to keep our joints well lubricated. Protein intake should be restricted in patients of gout. Good posture habits should be encouraged from childhood. People who have longer working hours at a desk should take regular breaks to stretch their limbs and joints. Regular exercise works wonders in keeping the body agile and healthy and the joints retain their full range of function.