Ayurveda approaches towards the management of sport injury w.s.r. to sport medicine

  • Shekokar Anantkumar Professor & HOD, Dept. of Shalya Tantra, S.V.N.H.T’S Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Rahuri Factory, India
  • Kanchan Borkar
Keywords: Agnikarma, sports medicine, sport injury, Marma, Raktamokshana

Abstract

Ayurveda the ancient system of Indian medical science offers various principles and concept to remain healthy and live long life. Sports medicine is of the modality of Ayurveda science which deals with treatment and prevention of sport injury. The sports medicine is a novel concept of Ayurveda emerging from last few decades. Ayurveda offers various treatment modalities for sport injury such as; Marma therapy, oil massage, Yoga, Raktamokashana, Agnikarma, physiotherapy and herbal medication. The present article explores scope and utility of sport medicine as per Ayurveda.

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Published
2018-10-21
How to Cite
Anantkumar, S., and K. Borkar. “Ayurveda Approaches towards the Management of Sport Injury W.s.r. To Sport Medicine”. Himalayan Journal of Health Sciences, Vol. 3, no. 3, Oct. 2018, pp. 5-8, doi:10.22270/ijist.v3i3.13.
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