Journal of Naturopathy (한국자연치유학회지)

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Clinical Evaluation of Selected Naturopathic Therapeutic Procedures in Individuals with Low Back-pain

  • Attanayake, AM Pushpika (MPhil Scholar, PGIPBS, University of Kelaniya) ;
  • Somarathna, KIWK (Department of Kayachikitsa, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo) ;
  • Vyas, GH (Maharshi Patanjali Institute for Yoga, Naturopathy Education and Research, Gujarat Ayurved University) ;
  • Dash, SC (Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gujarat Ayurved University)
  • Received : 2021.06.02
  • Accepted : 2021.09.05
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

Background: The understanding of back-pain as one of the commonest clinical presentations, made the path to the present study. More than three-quarters of the world's population experience back-pain at some time in their lives Purpose: The present study has evaluated the selected Naturopathic therapeutic procedures on individuals with low back-pain. Methods: Thirteen patients were selected for the study and randomly divided into two groups, viz., Group A, Naturopathic group and Group B, Control group. One patient discontinued. Naturopathic group was treated with mud pack, aromatherapy massage with Eucalyptus oil, acupressure, steam, wet trunk pack, exercises, relaxation and breathing exercises. Advice for life style and diet was given for patients of both the groups. The effect of the therapy was assessed subjectively and objectively. Particular scores drawn for Naturopathic group and control group were individually analyzed before and after treatment and the values were compared using standard statistical protocols. Results: Naturopathic intervention revealed 100% relief in both subjective and objective parameters (i.e., 6 out of 14 parameters showed statistically highly significant P < 0.01 results, while 8 showed significant results P < 0.05). Conclusion: Statistically highly significant results of this study point out the successful management of the multi factorial low back-pain with a multi focused Naturopathic treatment approach. Such encouraging results may pave the way for a future study on a large sample in a longer duration incorporating clinical investigations.

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