Tuesday, September 3, 2013

If not bones then what it is??????

Understanding your spine muscles…….

Usually, most of them who suffer from back pain may believe that it is due to involvement of bony lumbar spine.  But the fact is different and back pain may relate to many other body parts.  One has to understand that back pain may relate to bony lumbar spine, intervertebral discs of vertebrae, ligaments surrounding spine and discs, spinal cord and nerves, low back muscles, and even internal organs of pelvis and abdomen, and last but not least, the skin which is covering lumbar area.

Spine Muscles

Hence, one should not assume that the back pain is arising from skeletal system only, it maybe Musculoskeletal also.

In Ayurveda there many therapies which are helpful to clear this kind of muscular spasms too.

Example:  Kati Basti

kati-vasti1In Ayurveda, there are many traditional treatments which are helpful to relieve with this low back pain.