Abstract

A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON KURPAR SANDHI SHAREER (ELBOW JOINT ANATOMY) WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TENNIS ELBOW

Hemant Bapusaheb Bamane* and Nirmala Sawarkar

ABSTRACT

In Ayurveda kurpar is explained under paribhasha sharir as a sandhi (Elbow joint), Asthisanghat, and under Marma sharir as kurpar Marma. It is urdhwashakhagat sandhi which are 2 in number, it comes under kora (hinge joint) variety of Chesthavat sandhi.[1] Tennis Elbow (Lateral epicondylitis) is a frequent complaint in primary care, Tennis elbow specifically involves the area where the muscles and tendons of the forearm attach to the outsided bony area (called the lateral epicondyle) of the elbow. It involves partial tearing or degeneration of the origin of superficial extensor muscles from the lateral epicondyle of humerus that results in elbow pain. The area of maximal tenderness is usually an area just distal to the origin of the extensor muscles of the forearm at the lateral epicondyle. The muscle which is involved mostly is extensor carpi radialis brevis. It can occur both in tennis as well as non-tennis player. It is judged as an overuse injury. The principle in overuse injury is that repetitive microtrauma overloads the capacity of the tissue to repair itself. Elbow joint is most vulnerable to damage.[2] In order to its better and easy understanding and to treat all the deformities, one should have the knowledge of each and every anatomical part of body, So an attempt has been done about kurpar sandhi shareer (elbow joint anatomy) according to Ayurveda and modern literature.

Keywords: Kurpar sandhi, Elbow joint, Tennis Elbow, overuse injury.