Yoga cure for Arthritis

BANGALORE:  Suffering from joint pain, arthritis or osteoarthritis? Here is some good news for those patients who do not want to go under knife or afford a total knee replacement surgeries.City-based doctor  Dr John Ebenezer, through his research findings, has come up with a significant finding on cure of arthritis through yoga. Dr John has come out with non-operative options and he calls it as ‘Total Knee Restoration Technique’.Dr Ebenezer has been selected to deliver scientific talks based on his original research on the role of Yoga in treating orthopaedic problems at the 63rd annual international conference of ‘The Egyptian Orthopaedic Association’ to be held in Cairo between December 12 and 15.“Knee replacement surgeries, being increasingly being done all over the world, including our country, is restricted only for the end-stage arthritis, which accounts only for about 5-10 per cent patients. Moreover, it comes with price ranging from Rs 1 lakh to 4 lakh depending on the design of implants and infrastructure. There are several patients who cannot afford or do not will or do not fit for this demanding surgery due to their poor medical and anaesthetic compliances. Such patients are either subjected to inadequate forms of conservative therapies or dumped to lead condemned lives,”  he said.Among 100 different types of arthritis affecting the mankind, Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common and affects 10 per cent of the world population. In India, it is a No 1 ailment and is more common than AIDS and diabetes. His findings showed that replacing conventional form of treatment like physiotherapy, therapeutic and quadriceps exercises with yoga-based mind body exercises not only brings about physical improvements but also restores mental and emotional health of an arthritis victim.“Yoga is all set to replace conventional forms of exercises in not only osteoarthritis but all other common problems like low backache, neck, shoulder pain etc,”  added Dr John.