Overview

Nociception and pain are two distinct phenomena. It is not possible to determine pain purely from sensory neuron activity. Even though pain typically has an adaptive function, it can also negatively impact social and psychological well-being as well as function. Verbal description is just one of several ways to express pain.

Causes

Often the cause of pain is obvious—a broken leg or a bruise. However, occasionally the cause of the pain is not visible—a slipped disc for instance. Acute pain is the term for momentary pain. A sprained ankle is one example. We refer to chronic or persistent pain as long-term. Examples include arthritis or back pain. Intermittent or recurrent pain is what it means to have pain that comes and goes like a toothache.

Symptoms

The body may experience pain that radiates or spreads from its source; warmth redness and swelling in the afflicted area are signs of inflammation. Tightness or spasms in the muscles are known as muscle tension.

Ayurvedic View

Shoola - Any kind of pain like sputana (spliting pain), toda (pricking pain), gharshana (friction kind of pain) etc, all is because of vata dosha aggravation along with sometimes associated with pitta and kapha dosha in mamsa (muscle tissue), asthi (bones), sandhi (joints) etc. Ayurveda way of approach is to bring dosha back to normal state, rehabilitate the affected area by ayurvedic panchakarma treament which quickly relieves acute and chronic pain.

Ayurvedic Treatments

Patra pinda swedanam  Churna Pinda swedanam   Pinda swedanam   Lepanam   Vasti   Pichu   Pizhichil Navara pinda swedanam   Upanaham  Bashpa swedam 

Naturopathy Treatments

Enema Manipulative therapy Steam bath Reflexology Acupuncture Hijama  therapy Moxibustion Clinical yoga Pranayama Physiotherapy Electrotherapy Exercise therapy Chiropractice Dorn therapy.