‘Obesity and arthritis’ as the morbid duo: Designing and experimenting a novel strategy for weight reduction at a secondary care ayurveda –arthritis center
Authors
Sanjeev Rastogi
Ayurveda – Arthritis Treatment and Advanced Research Center (A-ATARC), State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Tulsi Das Marg, Lucknow, 226003, India
Preeti Pandey
Ayurveda – Arthritis Treatment and Advanced Research Center (A-ATARC), State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Tulsi Das Marg, Lucknow, 226003, India
Sumit Kumar
Ayurveda – Arthritis Treatment and Advanced Research Center (A-ATARC), State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Tulsi Das Marg, Lucknow, 226003, India
Ankita Verma
Ayurveda – Arthritis Treatment and Advanced Research Center (A-ATARC), State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Tulsi Das Marg, Lucknow, 226003, India
Chinmayi R
Ayurveda – Arthritis Treatment and Advanced Research Center (A-ATARC), State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Tulsi Das Marg, Lucknow, 226003, India
Obesity has been a critical confounding factor in arthritis. Its impacts are seemingly more apparent in conditions like knee osteoarthritis but it affects the net outcome in almost every type of arthritis. Reduction of weight is the obvious first advice by a treating physician in such cases. In the absence of a clear roadmap however to reach the goal, It remains an unmet advise for most arthritis patients. Obesity combined with arthritis, becomes a morbid combination where addition of weight adds to intensity of arthritis and arthritis induced limitation of movements adds to the weight. Weight reduction is much tougher in arthritis due to the physical limitations. Noticing this gap of knowledge between desired and achieved, Ayurveda –arthritis treatment and advanced research center at Lucknow has designed a strategic plan as a real help to such people and executed it through the activities focusing upon educating the obese arthritis patients for causes and concerns of obesity in general and individualized management plan through an interactive workshop. A workshop of its own kind was conducted on 24 April 2022. 28 obese arthritics as participants had offered to understand the real need and feasibility of doing these strategically focused activities aiming at weight reduction. This has come up as a new opportunity of help to the obese arthritis patients by empowering them with practical knowledge and tools to reduce weight suiting to their individual capacities and needs. The feedback of the participants provided at the end of the workshop was highly encouraging and has shown that strategically focused activities to bridge the gaps in clinical practice are highly desired and useful.
Keywords: Obesity, ARTHRITIS, Weight reduction, Ayurveda, Workshop
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