Abstract

REVIEW ON GRIDHRASI

Dr. Varsha Singh*, Dr. Aruna Ojha and Dr. Jeevanlal Sahu

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Abstract

Gridhrasi is one of the most prevalent disorders that affects the lower leg and causes morbidity throughout the productive years of life, making it difficult to walk. It is characterised by pain, prickling, stiffness, and recurrent twitching felt successively in the buttocks, low back, thighs, back of knee, calf region, and foot, along with limited lifting of the affected body parts. Impacted leg Due to comparable clinical manifestations, Gridhrasi and sciatica of the modern system of in medicine, the sciatic nerve is characterised by pain, weakness, numbness, and other discomforts. These have become a disorder with a high prevalence, estimated to have 10 million cases reported annually from India. Especially in the 40–60 year age group in males.

Keywords: Gridhrasi, Sciatica, Snehan Swedana, pathya apathy.