Sports Injuries & Ayurvedic Remedies

Bursitis is when a joint becomes painful and swollen. Bursitis happens when the fluid-filled sacs (bursa) that cushion your joints become inflamed. It is painful – usually a dull, achy pain, tender or warmer than surrounding skin, swollen, more painful when you move it or press on it. The area may also be red. This can be harder to see on darker skin. Bursitis can affect any joint, but it's most common in the shoulders, hips, elbows, or knees. if bursitis is severe or keeps coming back, the inflamed bursa may need to be surgically drained or even removed (but this is rare)

A hamstring injury is a strain or tear to the tendons or large muscles at the back of the thigh. It's a common injury in athletes and can happen in different severities. The 3 grades of hamstring injury are:
grade 1 – a mild muscle pull
grade 2 – a partial muscle tear
grade 3 – a complete muscle tear

The length of time it takes to recover from a hamstring strain or tear will depend on how severe the injury is. A minor muscle pull or strain (grade 1) may take a few days to heal, whereas it could take weeks or months to recover from a muscle tear (grade 2 or 3). A hamstring injury often happens during sudden, powerful movements, such as sprinting, lunging or jumping that overstretch your tendons or muscles. The injury can also happen gradually during slower movements. Recurring injury is common in athletes and sportsmen, as you're more likely to injure your hamstring if you've injured it before. Regularly doing stretching and strengthening exercises, and warming up before exercise, may help reduce the risk of injuring your hamstring.

Sprains and strains are common injuries affecting the muscles and ligaments. It's likely to be a sprain or strain if: you have pain, tenderness, or weakness – often around your ankle, foot, wrist, thumb, knee, leg or back, the injured area is swollen or bruised, you cannot put weight on the injury or use it normally, you have muscle spasms or cramping – where your muscles painfully tighten on their own.

Tendonitis is when a tendon swells (becomes inflamed) after a tendon injury. It can cause joint pain, stiffness, and affect how a tendon moves. Follow these steps for 2 to 3 days to help manage pain and to support the tendon.

• Rest: try to avoid moving the tendon for 2 to 3 days.
• Ice: put an ice pack (or try a bag of frozen peas wrapped in a tea towel) on the tendon for up to 20 minutes every 2 to 3 hours.
• Support: wrap an elastic bandage around the area, use a tube bandage, or use a soft brace.

To help prevent further injury or pain, try to avoid: heavy lifting, strong gripping or twisting actions that make the symptoms worse playing sports, until the tendon has recovered

Tennis elbow usually lasts between 6 months and 2 years, with most people (90%) making a full recovery within a year. The most important thing to do is to rest your injured arm and stop doing the activity that caused the problem. If you have tennis elbow, you should stop doing activities that strain the affected muscles and tendons. If you use your arms at work to carry out manual tasks, such as lifting, you may need to avoid these activities until the pain in your arm improves. Alternatively, you may be able to change the way you do these types of movements, so they do not place strain on your arm.