Geriatric Treatments Tips

When joints get inflamed, it is known as arthritis. This causes swelling and pain in the joints of your body such as the hips and the knees. When the cartilage gets damaged at the ends of bones, a type of arthritis called osteoarthritis occurs.

There are two main types of osteoarthritis:

Primary: This type is more generalized. It affects the knees, fingers, hips, spine and thumb.
Secondary: This type can occur after injury or joint inflammation, or as a result of any diseas...more

Life is beautiful and exciting, but any impaired movement can take our routine for a toss. Especially, with conditions such as arthritis, it gets tougher. But there are numerous modern-day procedures available to treat such issues, and one such method is the Arthroscopic surgery. It is performed on the joints to diagnose and treat the joint problems and abnormalities.

In this surgical procedure, small incisions of around inches are made to several parts of a joint area for inserting a...more

A common hormonal disorder related to metabolism, Polycystic Ovarian Disease, abbreviated as PCOD, affects women of reproductive age group. It is characterized by an errant menstrual cycle due to the formation of a single or multiple ovarian cyst. There is an abnormal follicular growth in the ovary due to which the follicles do not mature. This leads to the release of high levels of luteinizing hormones in the bloodstream from the pituitary gland. This further results in disrupted ovulation due ...more

Ageing Gracefully -

Aging or Senescence is a natural process of life. All of us want to age gracefully. We fear the changes age will bring on to our appearance. Skin starts to lose its glow, elasticity and may develop an uneven skin-tone. Dark spots, fine lines, wrinkles and sagging begin to make their appearance.

SKIN CARE BEGUN EARLY CAN TAKE YOU GRACEFULLY INTO OLD AGE.

In skin care, consistency is the key and not the cost

Start early in life to delay the r...more

Autoimmune diseases are one of the most troublesome and hard to cure disease. These diseases occur when the body s immune system attacks and destroys healthy tissues by mistake.

Some of the very common autoimmune diseases are-

Graves Disease
Lupus
Crohn s Disease
Reactive Arthritis
Psoriasis
Hashimoto s Thyroiditis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Type 1 Diabetes
What causes autoimmune diseases?

The WBCs or the white blood cells in our body helps th...more

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome or PCOS is a common hormonal disorder, which occurs in almost every women aged 18 to 24. In PCOS, the level of male hormones that is androgens are more than normal limits. In other women, it is present in smaller quantities. And increase in such levels, cause delay and disturbances with your menstrual cycle. The main cause of this disorder is however, not known, but it generally runs in genes. The symptoms start generally early after your menarche. Obesity is another ...more

Tips for healthy joints -

As the connections between your bones, joints will sustain a certain amount of wear-and-tear as we age. Remaining pain- and arthritis-free requires practicing good joint preservation techniques. The following techniques will help you to treat your joints with care as they age.


Movement - Every day, move each joint through its full range of motion to sustain mobility and freedom from pain. Make sure your movements are slow and gentle to avoid inju...more

The process of aging differs from person to person. Some tend to age faster than their biological age in comparison to others that look refreshingly younger always. This aging process often is dependent on your lifestyle, dietary habits and environment and all the other habits that you maintain everyday. Let's have a look at some of your habits that may be responsible for making you look older:

1. Bad sleeping habits: Your body needs to reinvigorate (rejuvenate) itself every day and fo...more

Inflammation and resultant pain in the joints are usually the basic tenets of Arthritis. This joint disorder can be painful and often, a debilitating one. It can also make the joints stiff. There are many ways of dealing with this problem, but with Ayurveda, one can get to the root cause of the ailment and its presence. This helps in taking a well rounded holistic approach towards treating it with ancient know how that revolves around herbs and other natural substances which have great medicinal...more

The bone tissues are constantly renewed the old and damaged bones are replaced by the new ones. The body thus maintains bone density. However, a serious condition such as osteoporosis can gradually weaken your bones.

Osteoporosis, also known as porous bone is a condition that causes the bones to become brittle and weak. Osteoporosis occurs when the body stops forming as many bones as it did previously, resulting in reduced bone density.

Causes and Risk Factors:

The...more