Role of yoga prana vidya healing techniques in successful and speedy recovery of orthopaedic cases of bone injuries and fractures: a multiple case study

INTRODUCTION

Human bone structure

Bones hold the body structure together. They come in various shapes and sizes and each performing unique functions depending on the location of the bone. There are around 270 bones during birth which combine together to give 206 bones in a healthy human body. The bones are made up of protein collage and 99% of the body calcium is found in the bones and the teeth.^1,2

The different kinds of bones in a human body include the long bones in the limbs which help in body movement, the short bones or the wrist and ankle, the sesamoid bones which prevent wear and tear of the tendons like near the knee caps and lastly the other bones like the spine, and bones in the pelvic area which are responsible for protecting the organs of the body.

A fracture is a crack or break in the bone. It can occur as a result of some accident, fall or sport injury. In few cases, a bone injury could be a result of the inability of the bone to resist the shock due to low bone density. These may cause dislocation of the bone or tendon and ligament tear reflecting in the mobility of a person or the structure of a human body.

Bone fracture may result in swelling or unbearable pain or inability to use the limb. The treatment of bone fracture or injury includes plastering of the two pieces of the bone or inserting a metal rod or a plate to bring the pieces together and thereby give a structure to the body.²

A bone fracture can be diagnosed by various tests including X-ray, computed tomographic (CT) scan or a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test. One may prevent bone injury by avoiding falls and accidents or sudden shock or stress, by staying fit and involving physical exercises and breathing exercises in order to avoid deterioration of the bone or by eating right food to help give the right nutrition to the bones.

Yoga prana vidya

Yoga prana vidya (YPV) is an integrated and a holistic healing stechnique which has found application in treating a variety of simple and difficult cases both physical and psychological in nature.³ It is integrated and holistic as it involves not only healing of the energy body but also promotes practicing breathing exercises, physical exercises, meditations and promotes intake of right diet.⁴ The purpose of yoga is to achieve oneness or union. This union is achieved by the incarnated soul along with the 3 vehicles namely the energy body, emotional body and the mental body, with the higher soul.⁵

Healing is a process by which the healer cleans the diseased or dirty energy from the energy body or an affected part of a person and fills it with fresh energy thereby accelerating the body’s ability to recover. The healing takes place either face to face with the patient or at a distance with an intention that energy follows thoughts. YPV is totally a safe healing modality which does not use any drug or physical contact between a healer and a patient. Literature shows several cases of successful YPV healing of a variety of medical conditions such as management of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), exostosis of ear, hypothyroidism, conservative management of CVJ anomaly, a rare case of urinary fistula, and status epilepticus.^4,6-11

Chakrams or energy centres

As shown in Figure 1, there are 11 major chakrams and many mini and minor chakrams in our energy body. These chakrams have special functions depending on which organ or part of the body they control and energize. They are responsible for absorbing the fresh energy from the environment and they also expel the diseased and the dirty energy from the organ which they control.³

Chakrams controlling the skeletal system of the body

The basic chakram is the most important chakram which controls the skeletal and the muscular system of our body. It is responsible for maintaining the vitality or energy of our body and also controls the production of blood in the body through the bone marrow. The basic chakram along with the minor chakrams of the legs and the hands are responsible for the proper functioning of the skeletal system of our body giving proper structure and strength to the person.

The other chakrams which control the bones and muscles of the human body include the solar plexus chakram which is the centre of lower emotions. Hence, application of YPV level 3 techniques becomes important. The spleen chakrams which absorbs the energy from the environment and distributes it to the entire energy body and the navel chakram. The navel chakram controls all the lower chakras which are responsible for the proper functioning of the physical body. Lastly, the ajna chakram also substantially controls the skeletal and muscular system of the human body.

In this case study, for the eleven cases of bone injury and fracture, the above all chakrams were treated along with level 3 protocol. The bone regeneration technique of YPV healing was additionally applied to the affected bone and the muscle for faster recovery.

The anatomy of the energy body consists of many chakrams which have certain functions and help in cleaning and energizing the whole body or part of it. The chakrams are like energy pumps as they absorb the fresh energy and also expel the toxic or diseased energy from the organ or part of the body that it controls.

Method

This is a case series study with data of 11 patients of bone injury and fracture, successfully healed by YPV healers, and patients fully recovered. All available data was collected, analysed and presented as follows.

CASE SERIES

Table 1 shows demographic details of a total of 11 patient cases of bone injury and fracture occurred, of which 9 cases were of limbs, one case of spine and one case of collar bone. This sample consists of 6 adult males aged 18 to 55 years, 4 adult females aged 23 to 55 years and one female child 6 years old.

YPV interventions

Healing was carried out for these eleven cases by two healers independently. The healing was carried out once a day for about 20 to 30 min for each patient.

The data was collected including the photographs (for some of them where possible), and the results were then analysed and presented as follows.

From the collected data, the patients are categorised into three categories (categories 1, 2 and 3) and presented in Tables 2-4.

Category 1

This category consists of three patients who were hospitalised and had undergone surgeries. YPV healing was given to these patients as complementary medicine. Their data analysis is presented in Table 2.

Category 2

This category consists of 2 patients who visited the hospital for bandage and dressing. They approached for YPV healing and their data is presented in Table 3.

Category 3

This category consists of six patients who did not visit a clinic or hospital as they did not find the need of consulting a doctor, but approached for YPV healing. Their data is given in Table 4.

DISCUSSION

From this study it is observed that YPV healing played a major role of eliminating the pain and enabled faster recovery of patients without touch or use of drugs. It is necessary to treat the broken bones to join and maintain the body structure, aid movement and give strength. All complicated and serious bone fractures would require surgery and medical assistance. An untreated bone fracture can cause infection in the bone or the bone marrow. This can affect production of blood cells thereby resulting in various other ailments. An untreated bone injury or fracture can also lead to long term nerve damage which can lead to decreased sensitivity or difficulty in movement. If a broken bone is not fixed correctly it can result in visible deformity hence the bones sometimes may be replaced by a rod or a plate to set the structure of the body right. Unattended bone injury can lead to stress on the muscles or ligaments thereby damaging them too.²

There are various other ways of treating an orthopaedic case, such as Ayurvedic, natural herbal treatment, and homeopathy. However, YPV healing seemed to be a better option for the patients due to its underlying advantages of being a no drug treatment and also its ability to work from a distance. This makes it easier for the patients to get help of healing by contacting healers through a phone call.

CONCLUSION

From this case study, it follows that YPV healing protocols worked well to eliminate the pain and helped in faster recovery of the patients in bone fracture and injury, producing favourable results in all 11 reported cases. The healers independently handled their respective cases using appropriate and standard YPV protocols, and this confirms repeatability of the designated YPV protocols. However, further treatment may be carried out by a medical practitioner in case a rod is required to be inserted or an operation or dressing is needed. It is thus recommended that YPV protocols can be effectively used as complementary medicine for orthopaedic patients to eliminate pain and to help the patients lead a normal life soon without drugs as a preliminary treatment paving the way for a medical practitioner to also do the needful in terms of surgical operation or plastering as needed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Authors would like to acknowledge the patients for sharing case details for this study and thankful to Sri Ramana Trust (Thally, Tamilnadu, India) for using their registered copyright terms Yoga Prana Vidya System ® and YPV ®.

Funding: No funding sources

Conflict of interest: None declared

Ethical approval: Not required

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