Top Effective Remedies for Arthritis and Cervical Pain

Introduction

Arthritis or Cervical is a common problem in today’s scenario and living with pain can be painful, it also affects mental and physical health, whether it’s joint pain, back pain, knee pain, or any other kind of pain or inflammation. These issues can ruin your daily life and make your simple tasks harder, although medicine can give you instant relief. But they also come with some side effects and don’t address the root cause of pain. Remember, if there is pain, there are also reasons and symptoms behind it, as well as solutions. Understanding these factors is necessary for you to manage and eliminate the pain from your life, and it’s important to know the reasons and symptoms so that you can treat them accordingly.

Adoption of natural methods can help to reduce pain and inflammation and you can find relief without depending on medications. Let’s discuss the reasons, symptoms, and natural treatments of Arthritis and Cervical Pain:

Arthritis

There are different types of Arthritis, it depends on the affected area:

• Osteo Arthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Gouty Arthritis
• Cervical Spondylosis

Symptoms of Arthritis

The symptoms are mostly observed during the seasonal changes:

• Joint Pain
• Swelling and Stiffness

Reasons of Arthritis

The main reason for arthritis is to accumulation of uric acid in the body, which is due to over-eating eating of high-protein food. Food like fish, eggs, meat, and excessive use of lentils, milk, and dairy products, high-dose medication, and lack of exercise are the main causes of the accumulation of uric acid.

Natural Treatment of Arthritis

Arthritis can be treated by the elimination of accumulated uric acid by little changes in your lifestyle changes.

Treatment by Food

Include potassium-rich foods in your diet:

• Cucumber
• Watermelon
• Cabbage
• Pineapple
• Amla
• Orange
• Lemon
• Coconut water
• Grapes
• Raw Potato juice

Additional Food Tips

• Eat 2-3 soaked dry figs, 15 golden raisins, and 1 dry apricot daily.
• Drink water which is stored overnight in a copper pot.
• Eat sprouted fenugreek seeds with honey.
• Mix 1 tbsp of ginger and holy basil juice in water and drink it.

Treatment by Naturopathy

Some easy naturopathy treatments that you can do at home:

• Steam Bath
• Sunbath
• Hot and Cold Bath
• Light Dry Friction Bath
• Take coconut or mustard oil mixed with camphor and massage the affected area.
• Add salt to the bathtub and sit in that water for at least 30 minutes.

Treatment by Asanas

Doing asanas regularly can help to reduce pain and inflammation.

• Solar Breath (Suryabhedi)
• Victorious Breath (Ujaayi)
• Lotus Pose (Padmasana)
• Thunderbolt Pose (Varjasana)
• Accomplished Pose (Siddhasana)
• Cow Face Pose (Gaumukhasana)
• Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)
• Lion Pose (Singhasana)

Backache

Backache is a common problem in today’s scenario due to the wrong sitting and walking posture and habits. Pain is typically felt in the lower back or the middle of the back. Lower back pain is also known as Lower Spondylosis.

Reasons

• Wrong posture of walking, sitting, or resting.
• High-heeled shoes or sandals.
• Lack of physical exercise.
• Not eating nutrient-rich food.
• Weak muscles.
• Obesity.
• Sleeping on a highly soft mattress or pillow.

Natural Treatment of Backache

Back pain can be removed by doing some changes in your lifestyle and diet:

Treatment by Food

• Include fruits, vegetables, and sprouted beans.
• Add vitamin C, D, and calcium-rich food to your diet.
• Drink sesame milk.

Treatment by Naturopathy

• Take a hot spine bath.
• Hot and cold compress.
• Resting on a firm mattress.
• Gentle hot oil massage on the affected area.

Treatment by Asanas

If you have backache, then you should avoid forward bending exercises or daily activities. Do these asanas regularly to get relief form backache.

• Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)
• Bow Pose (Dhanurasana)
• Locust pose (Shalabhasana)

Cervical Spondylosis

The main causes of cervical spondylosis are stiffness in the cervical vertebra, compression of the space between the vertebra, and accumulation of foreign matter.

Symptoms

• Neck Pain
• Stiffness
• Feeling Dizzy
• Headache & Uneasiness
• Observing pain in neck movement

Reasons

• Sleeping on a foam mattress & pillow
• Tension
• Mental stress
• Wrong eating habits
• Lack of exercise
• Excessive use of medicine
• Sleeping on a high pillow
• Wrong posture of sitting.

Natural Treatment

To treat cervical spondylosis, it’s important to know the root causes of this problem and practice specific asanas. There are some recommended asanas for cervical:

• Lotus Pose (Padmasana)
• Thunderbolt Pose (Varjasana)
• Cow Face Pose (Gaumukhasana)
• Neck Strengthening Exercises – Shoulder up & down, Rotate shoulders in clock and anti-clock position.
• Interlock your fingers behind the neck and apply pressure with the neck towards the locked fingers, move the elbows forward and backward.

Useful Tips

• Constipation is the root cause of cervical disease, try to treat it first.
• Apply turmeric mix oil on the pain area and take a steam bath.
• Avoid watching TV in a lying posture on the sofa or bed.
• Avoid forward bend exercises and work.
• Use hot and cold compresses, start with hot and end with cold.
• Drink turmeric hot milk daily.