Add-on Effect Of Hot Sand Fomentation To Yoga On Pain, Disability, And Quality Of Life In Chronic Neck Pain Patients

Neck pain is one of the commonest complaints and an important public health problem across the globe. Yoga has reported to be useful for neck pain and hot sand has reported to be useful for chronic rheumatism. The present study was conducted to evaluate the add-on effect of hot sand fomentation (HSF...

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Published in:Explore (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2018-09, Vol.14 (5), p.373-378
Main Authors: Nandini, B., Mooventhan, A., Manjunath, NK
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Ammotherapy
Chronic pain
Chronic Pain - therapy
Disability Evaluation
Female
Fomentation
Hot Temperature
Humans
Male
Meditation
Naturopathy
Neck pain
Neck Pain - therapy
Pain Management
Pain Measurement
Quality of Life
Sleep
Treatment Outcome
Yoga
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Summary:Neck pain is one of the commonest complaints and an important public health problem across the globe. Yoga has reported to be useful for neck pain and hot sand has reported to be useful for chronic rheumatism. The present study was conducted to evaluate the add-on effect of hot sand fomentation (HSF) to yoga on pain, disability, quality of sleep (QOS) and quality of life (QOL) of the patients with non-specific neck pain. A total of 60 subjects with non-specific or common neck pain were recruited and randomly divided into either study group or control group. Both the groups have received yoga and sesame seed oil (Sesamum Indicum L.) application. In addition to yoga and sesame seed oil, study group received HSF for 15 min per day for 5-days. Assessments were taken prior to and after the intervention. Results of the study showed a significant reduction in the scores of visual analogue scale for pain, neck disability index (NDI), The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and a significant increase in physical function, physical health, emotional problem, pain, and general health both in study and control groups. However, reductions in pain and NDI along with improvement in social functions were better in the study group as compared with control group. Results of this study suggest that addition of HSF to yoga provides a better reduction in pain and disability along with improvement in the social functioning of the patients with non-specific neck pain than yoga alone.
ISSN:1550-8307
1878-7541
DOI:10.1016/j.explore.2018.01.002