Joint and Muscle ailments refer to discomfort, aches, and soreness in any of the body"s joints. Joint pain is a common complaint. Sometimes, joint pain is the result of an illness or injury. Joints have a tough job. They must support weight, provide a great variety of body movements, and are used very frequently. The various joint hurting, muscle cramps and a pain of both these types can be identified slowly. If neglected, such pains call for a serious intake of prescribed medicine and other painkillers.

Causes of Joint and Muscle Ailments
According to Ayurveda, joint and muscle ailments and its accompanying pains are mostly caused by the aggravation of "Vata" (air) dosha. Joint pain can also be caused by injury affecting any of the ligaments or tendons surrounding the joint. The root causes of joint muscle ailments and illness, however does lie in the sly, which, as has been mostly witnessed, due to the patient"s negligence and lack of seriousness of the ailment.

Symptoms of Joint Muscle Ailments
The primary symptom of this disease is severe pain in the affected joints. The tissues in and around the joints become swelled up and movement of the joint becomes highly painful. Untreated arthritis poses every chance to lead to permanent disfigurement of the affected joints. Some other symptoms include; fever, stinging pain and stiffness in the affected muscles in the morning after getting up from sleep.

Types of Joint and Muscle Ailments
In addition to the normal wear and tear, these structures are sometimes subjected to injury from overuse, infection, an immune system launching a misplaced attack, or degeneration. Some common joint problems are as follows;


•Dislocation: A dislocation displaces the articulating bones of a joint and usually results from a fall or other unusual body movement.


•Sprains: Sprains result from overstretching or tearing the connective tissues, ligaments, and tendons associated with a joint, but they do not dislocate the articular bones.


•Arthritis: Arthritis is a disease condition that causes inflamed, swollen, and painful joints. There are more than a hundred different types of arthritis.

Treatment for Joint and Muscle Ailments
Treatments of joint muscle ailments range from the fundamental allopathic ones, homeopathic remedial measures, Ayurveda and even naturopathy to alternative medicinal therapeutics. Muscle and joint sickness can be verily cured when detected at an early stage. Yoga, exercise, massage and other alternative medicinal therapies provide first-line relief for bone, joint or muscle problems.