Potent mud bath therapy resist arthritis?
Ever heard of mud-bath therapy? He said this alternative treatment is potent to local arthritis. Read the review here.
One of the health disorders experienced by many people is arthritis or arthritis. Arthritis can cause the sufferer to feel very uncomfortable, and can even interfere with daily activities. A person with arthritis can undergo a variety of treatment ways. From doctor visits to alternative treatments. One of the alternative treatments that are assessed as potent as a treatment of arthritis is mud-bath therapy. Ever heard of it?
Arthritis itself comes from the Greek, which is "Athro" which means joint and "itis" which means inflammation.
From its name, arthritis is a health condition that involves inflammation of the body's joints. Often, the occurrence of joint inflammation is a sign and symptom of an underlying condition, and therefore there are many causes of arthritis. Some of the most common causes are gout arthritis (gout), osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus
Effectiveness of mud-bath therapy in treating arthritis
Talk about a mud bath, maybe some of you feel a little bit worried, even disgust when you hear it because it feels a scourge. However, in fact, traditional therapies with natural materials such as mud bath or the use of a Mud pack can help you with arthritis.
There have already been studies that test how mud bathing therapy works to cope with knee osteoarthritis. Researchers evaluated 20 studies that meet inclusion criteria, i.e. a randomized clinical trial, or a metaphor that assesses mud bath therapy on perceived pain, function, and life quality of research participants or more study participants Which is diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee.
The research published in the journal "Rheumatology" mentions, a mud pack is a natural product consisting of a mixture of minerals or mineral water-drugs (including seawater or salt water from the leaves) with organic or inorganic materials produced Biological and/or geological processes. This method is used as a therapeutic treatment in the form of masks and mud baths.
The main use of this Mud pack therapy is to relieve musculoskeletal pain (associated with muscles and bones). While the use of the Mud pack is thermal (using hot temperature), but there is also a systemic way of working that allows it to work at a molecular or chemical level in degenerative conditions, such as Osteoarthritis.
The variation in temperature used in this therapy in studies can vary, starting from 42-47 degrees Celsius, with a therapeutic duration of 15-30 minutes. Although there are method inconsistencies, researchers can conclude that the mud pack therapy is effective for the perceived pain, function, and improve the quality of life in patients with osteoarthritis in the knee.
Studies on MUD Therapy
The study in the journal "Rheumatology International" tested 45 participants with rheumatoid arthritis, and then evaluated the mud compress therapy or mud compression applied at hand. This therapy is done five times a week at home, for three weeks.
The positive response in this study is a decline of as much as 30 percent in the amount of swollen joints, and a decrease of as much as 20 percent or more on the activity of the disease itself. And 20 percent or more decreases in terms of the severity of the perceived pain.
The study contained in the journal "Joint Bone Spine" evaluated the therapeutic effect of mud bath on 26 participants with psoriatic arthritis (arthritis in psoriasis sufferers) who received a TNF blocker treatment in six months. Half of the participants received a therapeutic mud bath by continuing treatment with TNF blockers, the rest without a mud bath. From the results of the study, researchers concluded that mud bath therapy had a positive effect.
Although not much, in some major cities in Indonesia already provide services by relying on mud. For you with arthritis sufferers who want to try mud-bath therapy, mask, or mud compression, it's worth it to discuss with your doctor first. If you don't have arthritis, you can still use it for skin health and beauty.