Kativasti is given to patients with lower back pain. Oil mixed with black gram dough is placed on the patient for an extended duration. Kativasti comes under Vasti treatments, but they are not full-fledged forms of the same. This is because they require medicated herbal concoctions to stay on the patient over an extended period of time.
Benefits of Kati Vasti:
According to Ayurvedic medicine, Kati Vasti is believed to have several benefits for the lower back and the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine. Some of the potential benefits of Kati Vasti are reducing pain, treating numbness in limbs, relaxing the muscles and joints thereby relieving stiffness, improving circulations and smoothening the inflamed nerves
Lower back pain – This is a common disorder of the lower back involving the muscles and bones of back
Lumbar Spondylitis – This is a condition of degenerative osteoarthritis of joints of the bones forming your back
Sciatica – This is a condition vigorously starting from sciatic nerve and affecting the back, hip, thigh and outer side of the leg caused by the compression of a spinal nerve in the lower back due to the degeneration of an intervertebral disc. You will feel the pain along with tingling, numbness and gradually weakness in the lower back that goes downwards through back of your thigh.
Sacro-iliac joint pain or dysfunction – This is a disease of sacro iliac joint pain that cause immense back pain or leg pain. The pain is typically felt when the pits on either side of your lower back are compressed manually.
Coccydynia – This is a medical term given to the pain in coccyx or tail bone pain usually caused by sitting all of a sudden.
Inter vertebral disc prolapse or Lumbar disc disorders – These are caused when the intervertebral discs get bulged or extruded and they press on a nerve root causing much pain
Spondylolistheis – this is a condition also termed as Ankylosing Spondylitis in which there is forward displacement of Lumbar vertebra. This causes stiffening in the back, low back pain and tightening of thigh muscles which causes a shooting pain while walking.
Spina Bifida – This is merely a birth defect caused by incomplete closing of backbones and membranes around the spinal cord. This represents leg weakness, paralysis, club foot, hip dislocation, bladder and bowel control problems.
How effective is Kati Vasti in Ayurveda
As per Ayurveda, various types of pain, stiffness and neurological disorders are caused by Vata Dosha. Holding medicated oils in the lumbosacral region causes vasodilation and neurological stimulations. Providing warm oils in the affected areas removes excess toxins from the skin surface. This results in an increase in the blood flow results in the removal of toxins thereby increasing blood circulation and thus reducing inflammation.
When the tissues are provided with necessary supplements, the body starts healing process by reducing pain and stiffness, strengthening muscles and providing much flexibility to the muscles and intervertebral joints.
Conclusion
While undergoing Kati Vasti or any other Ayurveda therapy, selecting a place that provides authentic Ayurveda treatments is crucial. Choose a place that offers traditional Kerala treatments and has qualified Ayurvedic physicians and well-trained therapists. Ayurveda looks at each person on an individual basis and takes a holistic approach with an Ayurvedic practitioner looking at restoring all the bodily functions when dealing with back pain or any musculoskeletal disorders.
There are many different causes for back pain varying from stress, poor posture physical trauma, poor diet and lifestyle to name a few, and for that reason, Kati Vasti approach is essential for a long lasting result.
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