Case of Grade 2 Anterolisthesis at C2-C3 C4-C5

The patient had severe pain in the neck region since 4 years. He was taking pain killers for temporary relief of pain.

The character of pain was it used to come suddenly and go suddenly. There was lot of stiffness in the neck region in the morning on waking up.

The neck pain was aggravated bySitting
Watching television
In the morning

There is relief in the pain as the day progresses and when he is lying down.
Along with this there is heaviness in the head and a tingling sensation in the forehead. The complaints started after he suffered from an impact injury when their car met with an accident.

They were traveling at a very high speed and they were hit from behind. The patient was sitting in the backseat. The impact was so high that the patient felt that he was dead but all of them were safe except for the impact.

Besides this the patient has lot of phobias; he is scared of flying, he cannot stay in a crowd, in a closed place. Also there is lot of fear of lightning and he is very sensitive to loud noises.

He also gets lot of nightmares they are of accidents; Plane is crashing, horrible animals, and death.

Feels he is getting isolated from people as he has no desire to talk with anyone. He desires to be alone.

In 2004 he says he had a horrible time as one night, he woke up suddenly from his sleep and felt he is going to die. The attack of fear was so strong that he was trembling with fear. After this episode there is lot of fear of death.

He is also very suspicious by nature. Relations with his wife .parents and brother are very cordial there is no tension on this front. He is a business man by profession and is having a very good business.

Personal history
Diet: Vegetarian
Appetite: good
Craving: rice
Aversion: nothing specific

ThermalsSun: sometimes it causes uneasiness
Fan: likes
Air conditioner: at night sometimes
Coverings: takes covers while sleeping
Bath: cold water
Season: winters/summers

Urine: normal
Stools: normal
Perspiration: not much

Past historyChicken pox
Typhoid
Jaundice

Family historyFather: 70 years no major illness
Mother: 62 years: hypertensive.

Prescription
The patient was prescribed Lachesis in the LM potency. It showed amazing results the patient reported marked improvement within the first week. In less then a month’s time the pain had disappeared.

The remedy was given for around 1 month as and when needed. The treatment lasted for 3 months and the patient has reported recently that there has been no reoccurrence in the pain since the time we stopped the treatment around 8 months back.

The remedy was selected after careful analysis of the case please do not self medicate.
Dr.Santosh Joshi
Classical Homeopath
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Following is the patients account about the treatment
My Experience with Dr. Santosh Joshi is like any patient goes to a perfect and highly talented Doctor. As in my case Dr. Santosh Joshi treated me in such significant way.

I have been suffering from the disease called ANTEROLISTHESIS since last 4-5 years.

I was suffering from severe neck and shoulder pain. I tried to treat it with allopathic medication. Unfortunately results were not good enough at all. And then fortunately Before 4 months, I came to know about Dr. Joshi’s website and connected him.

Well my good days started..... From the first dose of Dr. Joshi’s Holy Homeopathic Medicine, I did not have any pain in my neck, shoulder and spine. Less then in a month it felt like it was a miracle to get cured by Homeopathy.

I wish the best to Dr. Santosh Joshi and the Holy Homeopathy.

Regard,
Mr. M.P
India
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Anterolisthesis and Role of Homeopathic treatment

There are several symptoms in the diseases of the spine. The person may experience stiffness, limitation in the movement and deformity but pain gets the foremost importance because of discomfort and the disability that is experienced by the suffering person.

The vertebrae are the bones that protect the spinal cord. Each vertebra has a thick drum-shaped area in front called a vertebral body. Between the vertebrae are spaces that allow nerves (nerve roots) to go from the spinal cord to other parts of the body.

What is anterolisthesis?In anterolisthesis the upper vertebral body is positioned abnormally compared to the vertebral body below it. More specifically the upper vertebral body slips forward on the one below. The slippage often occurs as a result of bone fractures

The amount of slippage is graded on a scale from 1 to 4. Grade 1 is mild (20% slippage), while grade 4 is severe (100% slippage).

Symptoms
Symptoms can vary depending on whether the slippage is enough to compress the nerve roots (the portion of the nerve that leaves the spinal cord to connect to other parts of the body) that go from the spinal cord to other parts of the body. In this case, the symptoms will differ depending on where the affected area is.

Symptoms can involve movement or problems feeling sensations (such as heat, cold, pain, etc ), loss of control of bowels or bladder, pain and poor posture.

DiagnosisA doctor will take the patient's medical history and do a physical exam, including checking the patient's reflexes.
X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will also show the slippage of the vertebrae.

Role of Homeopathy
The role of homeopathy lies in the fact that it can bring back the lost balance in the human body, which is in a diseased state. Homeopathic remedies act at the psycho neuro endocrinal axis. In other words it stimulates the human body, which in turn will take care of the disease.

So the first step in treating is a correct case history. Human body is a complex network and the human mind can play a major role in defining any disease. So we have to know the emotional nature in details all the events that have happened which have affected the patient have to be mentioned in details.

The patients should give all the details avoiding any conflicts. The emotional aspect, intellectual attainments any conflicts have to be explained to the best of patient’s ability. As it is important to know the causative factor that has brought in the present situation

In homeopathy the symptoms are listed in a book known as a repertory. (It is an index of symptoms and the remedies that can cure that symptom are noted.)

So if we take for e.g. the back chapters from any repertory and search for the patient’s symptoms we can get the exact symptom or the similar expression and the remedies, which are listed against these symptoms, have the capacity to cure them.

In addition to this we have sophisticated homeopathic software’s, which help to go through the huge database and find the right expression of the disease.

If we consider a remedy say Calcarea flur in this remedy we find the symptoms of erosion of joints, cracking of the joints, destruction is as if the theme of the remedy.

At the mental level the patient is very aggressive, angry and destructive. So this remedy has the capacity to act in diseases, which have progressed, to the level of destruction and when it is given in the indicated case it will relieve the patient at the physical as well as at the mental level.

So we have to understand that the homeopathic remedies act at a very deep level and if the line of treatment is managed properly we can get amazing results.

As it is an Anterolisthesis is a mechanical disorder in advance cases where the patient has to undergo surgery in such cases the Homeopathic medicines will help in quick recovery. It will also help in relieving the pain.

Article written by
Dr.Santosh Joshi.
Classical Homeopath

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Anterolisthesis and Homeopathic treatment

Case of Grade 1 anterolisthesis

The patient complained of severe throbbing biting pain in the left gluteal region with difficulty in walking since the last four months. The complaints got aggravated after a
fall in the bath room.

The pain is aggravated by walking +2, standing and the pain is ameliorated by lying on the painful side and rest.

The MRI–Lumbosacral spine shows grade 1 anterolisthesis of L4-L5 with mild posterior bulge of desiccated L4-5 disc indenting the thecal sac and the left L5 nerve root. The patient comes from a lower economic background and they didn’t have the necessary funds to carry out the surgery that had been advised by the orthopedic surgeon.

So the patient was referred to us if we can relieve the pain. So we took the case. The patient comes from a small village .She is very much lively in her talk she said she used to work in the farms since she was young and she enjoyed working in the village. She came to the city of Mumbai after her marriage and here the situation is very different.

They are staying in the slums in a very small room and people around them are not good. She is not happy. Her husband is very dominating and he keeps on commenting about the way she walks due to the pain and insults her often. She feels very bad about it and when insulted she weeps. When we asked the husband why he behaves in such a way? He said he had to get married to her against his wish; as in their community what ever parents decide has to be followed.

He is not happy with their marriage so he seldom gets angry on her. He is very dominating and doesn’t allow her to talk. Even when he was present in the consulting room we asked him to wait out as he didn’t allow his wife to speak.

The patient then told us there were lot of problems in their martial life and they didn’t get along well.Inspite of the fact that she looks well after her in laws and brother in law. She is never appreciated for it. She feels very much neglected as there is nobody on her side. Her father passed away due to tuberculosis at a very young age since that time she is leading a very tough life.

She likes to listen to music very much and she feels relaxed after listening to it. She also sings and which helps her to relax. She is very sensitive by nature and if some says something wrong she cannot forget it broods over it for a long time. But she will express it when she is angry. She says she is not revengeful at all.

Personal history

Diet: Non vegetarian

Appetite: Good

Cravings: Spicy food

Aversion: Nothing specific

Thermals
Sun: Doesn’t aggravate
Fan: Doesn’t like much as she feels cold after sometime
Coverings: Covers herself in winters
Bath: Warm water
Season: Nothing specific

Thirst: drinks 7-8 glasses of water in a day.

Perspiration: doesn’t perspire much

Sleep and dreams: Disturbed due to the pain.

Dreams of traveling and dreams of her village.

Menses: Regular. Leucorrhea. Most of her complaints got aggravated after the tubectomy surgery.

O/e
Multiple moles on the body
Pigmentation on the face
Gums swollen
R.S: NAD
C.V.S: NAD
B.P:100/70mm of Hg
There was tenderness in the back and there was restricted movement of the lower limb.







13/4
Rx
1)Natrum.muriaticum 30
3 powders night for 14 days

22/4 Pain in the back persists
Cannot remember dreamsSleep is disturbed.
Dreams cannot rememberThe biting sensation is better
Rx Ct all 14 days

3/5/ Pain is better Numbness and biting sensation is better
Sleep is better
Rx Ct all 14 days

4/9 The patient reported after a period of 6 months and we asked was didn’t she report as she was getting better. She told us as there were no complaints she went to the village. She was better all these days but now the pain has started as she had exerted her self a lot in the fields.We explained her again her condition and she shouldn’t exert herself. Same medicine was repeated.After this the patient reported once on the phone that she is much better. And she has discontinued the medication on her own.


Treated by
Dr.Santosh Joshi. B.H.M.S
Homeopathic consultant

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