Abstract

A LITERARY REVIEW OF MANIBANDHA MARMA WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Dr. Nistha Yadav Negi* and Dr. Sugandha Verma

Abstract

The part of body, on which injury causes death, is called as marma. Marma is defined as confluence of five elements such as mamsa, sira, snayu, asthi, sandhi. As a natural phenomenon prana(life) seated at these places. Hence, any injury to these places leads to consequences depending on structures involved. The Manibandha marma belongs to shakhagat and rujakar type marma which is located at wrist joint which may be compared to Carpal tunnel syndrome which is also present at palmer side of wrist joint and injury to these manibandha marma leads to structural and functional deformity of that area. In the present paper we tried to explore the relation between the manibandha marma and its injury aspect causes to Carpal Tunnel syndrome.

Keywords: Marma, Manibandha, Wrist joint, Carpal tunnel.