ABSTRACT

Tennis elbow also known as lateral epicondylitis. It is a chronic painful condition affecting routine activities of the individual. This condition is not limited to sportsmen only. Repetitive trauma to tissue at lateral epicondyle leads to this condition. It causes restricted and painful torquing movements of the forearm. Presently available managements are anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, local steroid infiltration, physiotherapy etc. but none of these treatments giving justifiable results. In ayurveda perspective Tennis elbow can be correlated with ‘Snayugata vata’. Acharya Sushruta mentioned various parasurgical managements like Agnikarma, Viddhakarma, along with Lepan, Upanaha remedies to treat such musculoskeletal disorders. So, considering this in present case study a combination of two parasurgical procedures Agnikarma and Viddhakarma was performed and this management provided significant relief in pain and restricted movements of elbow joint. Keywords: Agnikarma, Combined parasurgical procedures, Tennis elbow, Viddhakarma
Publication date: 05/03/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.3.1016