A Case Study of Marma Chikitsa in Tennis Elbow

Abstract

Tennis elbow is a painful condition and causes restricted movement of forearm  which requires treatment for long period. Till date only symptomatic treatments  are available in modern science like use of anti-inflammatory, analgesic drugs,  steroids injection, physiotherapy, exercise etc. But none of these provide  satisfactory permanent result. Long term use of modern treatment causes  adverse effects. Usually, ‘wait-and-watch policy’ of treatment guideline is  recommended in most of medical texts. This guideline made it worsen day by  day. According to Ayurveda, Snayugata vata can be correlated with the  condition of tennis elbow. In the field of Marma Chikitsa, this condition can be  treated without oral use of any chemical compound which helps the individual  to prevent adverse effect of modern medicine. Hence, in this study a case of  tennis elbow (Snayugata vata) was treated by Marma Chikitsa for a period of  15 days. This therapy provided considerable relief in pain and movement of the  elbow joint.