With Osteoarthritis Pain Relieved by Homeopathy, an NGO Worker Finds the Confidence to Continue Her Work

A lady named S.D. (Patient ID: 51092) visited the Chembur clinic on March 28, 2023, to meet Dr. Shah with a complaint of knee pain, which was hindering her exercises and day-to-day activities. She was a 61-year-old Female with knee pain diagnosed as Osteoarthritis since 2012, which was stable but not improving with the ayurvedic treatment she had been under for 5-6 months. She was also taking some herbal health supplements. She was a very healthy woman for her age with no other health complaints and no ongoing disease or medication, so she wanted to get rid of her knee pain and achieve complete health. Her knee pain was not continuous; it bothered her only when she climbed stairs or exerted herself in any way.

Physical generals:

Following a strict and healthy diet for many years, vegetarian by dietary habits, she had occasional eggs, with less appetite and a desire for moderately spicy food, less water intake, and also no complaints with her stools and micturition. She had a good 7–8 hours of sleep.

Mental generals:

She was a good, kind-hearted person with strict discipline in her life and was very straightforward by nature but also very caring and affectionate towards people whom she liked. This nature of hers drew her towards social service. After retiring from her job, she worked with an NGO as a social worker.

She met Dr. Shah and started the treatment for her knee pain. She was also advised to make certain dietary changes and reduce her weight, as she was on the heavier side according to her height, which was putting pressure on her knees and would hamper the effect of the treatment.

Follow-ups

1st Follow-up – 11th May 2023: She was better in her pain, but the frequency and duration of pain were 10–15 minutes after exertion or climbing stairs.

2nd Follow-up: The pain was about 50% better in intensity but not fully recovered, and there was no change in the duration of pain.

Follow-up in November 2023: She said she was 90% better in her pain.

She further wanted to slow down the progress of the disease, and so she continued to achieve stability in her disease as maintenance treatment.

Conclusion

The above case is a good example of how homeopathy gives freedom to people of every age by relieving them from their pains and aches without any major surgical intervention—just with internal medicines—and this, in turn, gives them hope and confidence to live a better and enriching life.

- Case study written by Dr. Prajakta Ingale, an associate doctor to Dr. Rajesh Shah, MD (Hom)