Case Studies

Case study – Cervical Spine

The cervical spine refers to the spinal vertebrae of neck. It has 7 vertebrae labeled as C1 to C7. The spine of the neck is strong and flexible to move in all possible directions such as flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotation. The top of the cervical bone connects to the skull and the C7 vertebra connects to the first Thoracic vertebrae.

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PCOS Case Study: Ayurvedic Treatment and Yoga Results

PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) is a medical condition in women were the immature egg is produced in the ovaries and forms as cysts. Exact cause for the PCOS is unknown but is said to occur due to hormonal imbalance. Sedentary lifestyle with stress, irregular food/sleep habits and lack of physical activity leads to hormonal imbalance. The rate of PCOS is increasing day by day in India and becoming very common health issue in women all over the world. The major symptoms of PCOS are irregular menstruation with heavy bleeding, acne and hair loss. In PCOS, Immature ovarian follicles that do not release the ovum /egg form multiple cysts in ovaries. Usually insulin resistance or increased blood sugar is noted in most of the Women with PCOS.

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Case study – Obesity

Obesity can be defined as an excessive fat accumulation that increases the risk of health problems and presents a risk to health. A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is considered as overweight, and over 30 is obese. The issue has grown to epidemic proportions, with over 4 million people dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese in 2017 according to the global burden of disease. Rates of overweight and obesity continue to grow in adults and children. From 1975 to 2016, the prevalence of overweight or obese children and adolescents aged 5–19 years increased more than four-fold from 4% to 18% globally.

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Case study – Integrative approach to Avascular Necrosis (AVN)

AVN – Avascular necrosis refers to death of bone tissue due to lack of blood supply. It is also named as osteonecrosis, aseptic necrosis, ischemic bone necrosis. Loss of blood supply to the bone tissues leads to tiny break in the bones and cause bone collapse. It typically affects the long

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Case study – Secondary Amenorrhea (absence of periods)

Amenorrhea is absence of menstruation. Secondary amenorrhea refers that no menstruation for 3 months or longer. It occurs naturally in a woman with pregnancy, lactation and menopause. We had a patient aged 29 years with the complaint of irregular menstrual cycle for

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Case study – Neck pain and Acupuncture

A 45 year old Yoga therapist weighing about 73kg presented with pain in the neck and feeling of tightness below left scapula for 2 months. Nature of the pain is pricking in nature and duration was throughout the day. Pain often reduced by taking rest and increased with household activity and certain. Pain started with forcing herself in reaching a final posture while practicing yoga. Initially pain was severe and reduced after taking analgesics.

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Case study on Panchakarma for fertility

Natural conception has become a very big deal nowadays due to lifestyle. Men are suffering from low sperm count, reduced motility of sperm, ejaculatory dysfunction etc and women are suffering from problems like PCOS, endometriosis, adenomyosis, and fibroids. The most common causes for infertility both in males and females are severe stress

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Case study on Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder including inflammation of the one or more joints of our body. Here the immune cells attacking healthy cells and destroys the normal function of it. In this condition there will be pain with swelling of the joints and restricted movement with stiffness. High risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis are family history of RA, stress and improper lifestyle

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