ISSN: 2578-4986
Authors: Neetika C*, Sakshi S, Kanika C, Sharma KK and Pravesh MK
It is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints encountered in clinical practice. Its prevalence has been estimated to be 1-5% in India. A large study reported an incidence of 28.0 episodes per 1000 persons per year and for low back pain with sciatica an incidence of 11.6 per 1000 persons per year. Sciatica affects men a little more than women and is most frequent in the working population, with the highest incidence seen in those aged 20-64 years. Due to busy professional working like improper sitting, over exertion, jerking movements during travelling, sports, increasing computerization trend, increasing body weight and mental stress create undue pressure on spinal structures which play an important role in causing sciatica. Being an alarming problem, it needs an effective and safe treatment. From the time immemorial, innumerable analgesics have been added to the arsenal of the modern physician only to reveal its futility. Though, modern therapeutics has a broad spectrum of the drug for management of this disease, aftermath of which is that they are having serious side effects. SCIATICA being a challenging lifestyle condition needs proper management. Modern medicine is not having no specific management sciatica that’s why an elaborate study has been undertaken to have an in depth knowledge about the concept of sciatica in Ayurveda terms.
Keywords: Gridhrasi; Matra Basti; Sciatica; Vata Vyadhi; Agnikarma
