EFFICACY OF AYURVEDIC SCIENCE IN THE FIELDS OF SPORTS

Abstract

Ayurveda is an ancient medical science. It is very distinctive system of medicines with indomitable ideologies. As Ayurvedic system of medicines is so adaptable in nature and always trying to cope up with the problems arising in this modern world, with its traditional knowledge and distinctive methodology instigated in Samhitas. Ayurvedic practitioners are always eager to seek the knowledge from various different fields, to do something better for the mankind and Sports medicine is one of those fields that is becoming the new focus for the Ayurvedic practitioners by improving the performance of a sports person in their specific games with their traditional methods. In sports, health, physical fitness and mental fitness plays very essential role towards the performance of a sports person in their specific games. There are various procedures and formulations in Ayurveda that we can be indorsed in sports injuries or prevent them from injuries along with several daily and seasonal regimes to be adapted for the promotion of health of an individual including daily pathya ahara (nutritious diet), vyayama (physical exercise) according to the season, weight and strength of an individual person by increasing the endurance and stamina. Also some Abhyanga (massage) techniques to strengthen the muscles or to relax the mind of a person. Medicated oils have healing properties, injuries which are musculoskeletal in nature can be healed with various techniques. Yogic and pranayam techniques help for the cleansing of body and mind respectively. The main focus of this article is to acquaint with the efficacy of Ayurvedic (traditional) science in the fields of sports.

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EFFICACY OF AYURVEDIC SCIENCE IN THE FIELDS OF SPORTS
Dr. Akriti Sharma1, Dr. Kirti Bhati 2
PG Scholar1, Associate Professor 2
Department of Swasthavritta and Yoga, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University)
College of Ayurved, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Ayurveda is an ancient medical science. It is very distinctive system of medicines with
indomitable ideologies. As Ayurvedic system of medicines is so adaptable in nature and always
trying to cope up with the problems arising in this modern world, with its traditional knowledge
and distinctive methodology instigated in Samhitas. Ayurvedic practitioners are always eager to
seek the knowledge from various different fields, to do something better for the mankind and
Sports medicine is one of those fields that is becoming the new focus for the Ayurvedic
practitioners by improving the performance of a sports person in their specific games with their
traditional methods. In sports, health, physical fitness and mental fitness plays very essential role
towards the performance of a sports person in their specific games. There are various procedures
and formulations in Ayurveda that we can be indorsed in sports injuries or prevent them from
injuries along with several daily and seasonal regimes to be adapted for the promotion of health
of an individual including daily pathya ahara (nutritious diet), vyayama (physical exercise)
according to the season, weight and strength of an individual person by increasing the endurance
and stamina. Also some Abhyanga (massage) techniques to strengthen the muscles or to relax the
mind of a person. Medicated oils have healing properties, injuries which are musculoskeletal in
nature can be healed with various techniques. Yogic and pranayam techniques help for the
cleansing of body and mind respectively. The main focus of this article is to acquaint with the
efficacy of Ayurvedic (traditional) science in the fields of sports.