Treatment Days @Nagarjuna Ayurveda

2025 has been one of new ailments, medicine and treatments. For me who hates to be sick or visit hospitals, not the kind of year. But fortunately my illnesses haven't affected the family's routine, that is the good part. 

Since 2024 i started experiencing pain in left high post excercise/running and i could feel a round ball like thing rolling while trying to sit, squat etc making it tough. However, it used to get better with rest, yoga etc. But from March 2025 , it was more permanent. Sree said it was the IT band pull and would get better with time, using  stick etc but i was in pain all the time . Ortho suggested some exercise but the pain was bothering.Family didnt seem very bothered , so finally, on March 31, i went to a physio therapist near RBD.  Have heard about IT band for sports people ,runners etc but why me ? i was doing yoga and badminton but with good before and after stretches ( IT band is a thick band of muscles in the thigh ). The therapist identified multiple trigger points in left though and started sessions. After releasing IT band knots, more were identified. What started as 10 sessions ended up in 20 ,including painful needling sessions. I cried but thinking about being able to do lunges, squats, climbing stairs and dancing again , i swallowed the pain.

It was May'25 and my dream 'Poornathrayeesha' performance came. It was a true blessing and the dance went well. But from next day, a swelling appeared on left knee .Ayurveda kashayam brought it down but i realised i was walking like a snail and couldnt walk much, let alone climb/trek/hike ! MRI revealed that there was a cyst in knee and also Grade 2 Chondro Malacia of patella which is the fancy name for cartilege damage of knee. Doctor advised to stop stair climbing, dance,squats , lunges and just work on protecting the knee which is in bad condition. This stuck me hard and drained my confidence. I was slowly beginning to enjoy life, travelling, hiking, dancing -I had many things to do. 

From running and jumping to crawling in few days - tholil marappu kettiyallo bhavane :(

May and June passed by, without stepping out much. Ecen walking around the lake felt distant. From July, re started yoga. The first drops of sweat on the mat felt great. While excercise boosted my confidence, i was still scared of climbing stairs, long queues , and many more daily activities which i did. 

Started Ayurveda knee cartilege rejunenation 11 day treatment under Dr Rekha Varma. My slot is at 8:30am daily so i can be home by 10 and start workday. I do some chore, start from home by 8, see the lord (the apoorva vaidya) and then walk to Nagarjuna which is right next to temple.

Day 1 to 4  (Aug 13-16) : knee and lower leg massage and kizhi

Day 5,6 (Aug 17-18)) : Full body massage plus kizhi in legs

Day 7 (Aug 19) : knee and lower leg massage and kizhi

Day 8,9,10,11 (Aug 20-23) - Lower body massage plus oil dhara

Yesterday , i climbed the stairs up and down, slowly. It is slightly better than earlier. Knees feel better too but nothing close to what it was before few months !

I want to get washed away in a flash flood or cloud outburst (the ones in Kulu, Uttarakhand etc)from this world where i cannot dance and jump and trek or even walk long !

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