International Journal of Indian Medicine

ISSN: 0000-0000

Year: 2022 |Volume: 3 | Issue: 11


Sports science in Ayurveda

About Author

Dharmik Vasani1 , Hitesh Vyas2 , Sunny Patil3 , . Preetpal Singh4 , Ashvinee Vasava5

1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Basic Principles, ITRA, Jamnagar

2Professor& Dean, Department of Basic Principles, ITRA, Jamnagar

3Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Basic Principles, ITRA, Jamnagar

4Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Basic Principles, ITRA, Jamnagar

5Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Basic Principles, ITRA, Jamnagar


Date of Acceptance: 2022-10-27

Date of Publication:2022-11-10

Correspondence Address:

Dr. Dharmik Vasani, Ph.D. Scholar, Dept. of basic Principles, ITRA, Jamnagar, Email: -dharmikvasani46@gmail.com, Contact no. -7984216763
Article-ID:IJIM_202_01_23 https://ijim.co.in

Keywords: Sports Science, Sports Anatomy, Sports psychology, Vata, Satva.


Source of Support: Nill

Conflict of Interest: None declared


Abstract


Sports science is a discipline that studies how the healthy human body works during exercise, and how sport and physical activity promote health and performance from cellular to whole body perspectives. The study of sports science traditionally incorporates areas of physiology (exercise physiology), psychology (sport psychology), anatomy, biomechanics, biochemistry, and biokinetics. All these branches of sports science are also explain in classical text of Ayurveda in different word. Methodology: A thorough search was done in Charaka Samhitha, Sushrutha Samhita, Astanga Hrudaya and the available commentary on it and Article related to the study were analyzed and used for the study. Observation: Sports anatomy in Ayurveda is understood with the help of concept of Mamsa, Asthi, Majja Dhatu, Physiology of exercise is with the concept of Vyayama, Sports Biomechanics & Kinesiology is with the Concept of Vata Dosha, and sport psychology is with the Concept of Satva, Satvasara etc. Discussion: According to Ayurveda disease and health of individual has been classified into mainly two parts i.e., Sharira and Manasa. Sports medicine or sciences also can be categorized into same way. Anatomy, physiology (exercise physiology), biomechanics, biochemistry, and biokinetics areas of sports sciences come under Sharira Bhava of Ayurveda. Whereas psychology (sport psychology) comes under Manasa Bhava of ayurveda. Conclusion: Sports science in Ayurveda is better understood with the help of Concept of Vata Dosha, Mamsa, Asthi and Majja Dhatu, Dhatu Sharata, Satvabala, Vyayama and concept of Bala.