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April 08-09, 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland
Health Care and Neuroscience
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Journal of Public Health Policy and Planning | Volume 3
Modern Musculoskeletal problems (MMSP’s),
that includes Life Style Orthopedic Problems
(< 50 years age group) and Geriatric Orthopedic
Problems (> 50 year age group), is steadily on the
rise globally and encompasses a wide spectrum of
orthopedic conditions like arthritis, neck pain, low
back pain, RSI, fibromyalgia, rheumatic diseases,
osteoporosis etc. MMS problems are not only
known to cause varying degrees of physical pain
but causes mental and emotional disturbances
leading to stress, anxiety and depression. This
could adversely affect the quality of life and can
be a great source of socio-economic burden to
the society. Conventional treatment methods like
drugs, physiotherapy and surgery cannot provide an
effective answer as it fails to address the associated
peculiar challenges of MMSP’s thus creating an
orthopedic health care dilemmas. Yoga, an ancient
Indian art, is known for its holistic healing. Unlike
other exercises which most of the times is one-
dimensional, yoga provides a multidimensional
approach which improves the physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual well being of a person. It
also helps in controlling the accompanying co-
morbidities, co-musculoskeletal and co mental
conditions and reduces stress which enhances
healing. When combined with modern medical
treatment as an add-on, it can provide an effective
answer to the dilemmas of orthopedic health care
in the management of these complex problems.
Several RCT’s have been conducted by me on the
role of Yoga as an add-on to modern treatment
methods in acute and chronic low backache and
neck pain, osteoarthritis of the knees, osteoporosis
and even traumatic conditions like acute Spinal
Cord Injury and fractures. 3 research publications
of my clinical trial on the role of add-on yoga
therapy in osteoarthritis knees was chosen by AAOS
in framing the 2013 Non-arthroplasty guidelines
with a strong recommendation. A first time path
breaking research on fractures and acute spinal
cord injuries also showed that advanced yoga
therapy accelerates fracture healing and reduces
the rehabilitation time in fractures and Spinal
Cord injuries too. So the need for a paradigm shift
from the uni-dimensional conventional approach
to a multidimensional evidence based wholistic
approach is certainly need of the hour in treating
the MMSP’s and needs to be embraced globally.
This will bring the much needed improvement in
the orthopedic health care across the world.
Speaker Biography
John Ebnezar is an internationally renowned orthopedic surgeon,
passionate about creating, conceptualizing, implementing preventive
new orthopedic health awareness modules with an aim to propagate low
cost orthopedic health care. He is specialized in trauma, spine, geriatric
orthopedics and sports medicine. He holds Guinness World Records both
for academics (2010) and social service (2015), only orthopedic surgeon
in the world to do so. He is a PhD in yoga, involved in 6 original-yoga
researches, won Best Research Award from SVyasa Yoga University (2012)
for his work on knee arthritis and role of yoga in fracture healing (2010).
He has pioneered a new treatment method, WHolistic Orthopedics, by
blending modern orthopedics with Indian Yoga.
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John Ebnezar
Consultant Orthopedic & Spine Surgeon, India
Orthopedic health care dilemmas in the management of the modern
musculoskeletal problems – Is yoga based wholisƟc management the
answer?