EFFICACY OF HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES IN CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A CLINICAL STUDY

Siva Rami Reddy E; Basavaraj S Adi

Siva rami reddy E Faculty of Homeopathy, Tantia University, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
Basavaraj S Adi Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Bharatesh Homoeopathic Medical College, Belagavi, KA.

Abstract

Introduction: Low back pain is a silent epidemic and a major health problem in modern society. WHO has named the primary decade of the third thousand years as a decade of a crusade against musculoskeletal disarranges.

Methodology: Clinical case series arrangement with consecutive patients taking homeopathic treatment in essential care place. Subjects selected in the age group of 25 to 65 years having chronic low back pain were surveyed for pain with NPRS - Numerical Pain Rating Scale and disability with Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire, over two years.

Results: Oswestry scale as well as Numerical Pain Rating Scale before and after where t - table value of 2.05 concludes adequacy of treatment with significant improvement with individualized Homoeopathic medication. Conclusion: Homeopathic medicines can possibly improve Low back pain by decreasing pain, disability and can securely be utilized as complete social care therapeutics.

Keywords: Low Back Pain, pain score, homeopathy

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