Our body suffers from various common musco-skeletal disorders like joint pain, muscle stiffness, sprain etc due to age related, lifestyle, postural, underlying medical condition, or sudden stressful and traumatic reasons. These musco-skeletal symptoms cause pain, inflammation, stiffness and affect our mobility and causes discomfort.
Causes: These musco-skeletal disorder usually arise from following reasons
- Arthritis of all kinds.
- Any traumatic injury or sudden stress.
- Underlying medical disease like fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism.
- Age related degeneration of cartilage and reduced bone density.
- Bacterial or viral infection can cause septic arthritis.
- Dehydration can decrease the essential minerals and can cause cramps and stiffness.
- Poor sitting or working postures.
- Lifestyle related factors which can lead to obesity and increased pressure on joints.
- Side effects of chemotherapy and some medications.
Management of Joints Pain, Inflammation, Muscle strain and Stiffness
For the management of these musco-skeletal issues many drugs belonging to anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant categories are being prescribed by qualified healthcare professionals. Apart from it many herbal alternatives are available which can be consumed orally as well as applied externally.
External applications of herbal oils provide effective relief from pain and inflammation. Some of the oils with good benefits in Joints Pain, Inflammation, Muscle strain and Stiffness are:
- Gaultheria Oil (Oil of Wintergreen): Gaultheria oil contains natural analgesic and anti-inflammatory compound called methyl salicylate, which makes it very beneficial for use in arthritis, muscle stiffness.
- Nirgundi Oil: Nirgundi oil, possess analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and muscle relaxant properties, which helps in reducing inflammation and improves mobility.
- Panchguna Oil: Panchguna oil is basically a combination of five potent herbs effective in providing relief from tender muscles and joint pain.
- Turpentine Oil: It is derived from pine trees and contains natural Alpha Pinene and Beta Pinene which provides relief from pain, inflammation, and muscle stiffness.
- Kapoor (Camphor): Apart from providing cooling effect on inflamed joints, Kapoor provides anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect.
Musco-skeletal disorders like inflammation, joints pain, muscle stiffness, sprain and sprain affect mobility and restricts our daily activities. The external application of herbal oils provides effective relief from these issues.