HOW SU-JOK THERAPY HELPS IN CURING NECK PAIN? By: Dr. R. P. Sahu

Neck pain or a stiff neck is a common problem now days and generally there is nothing to worry about.  The pain and stiffness usually gets better after a few days of home treatment and is not a sign of a more serious neck problem or underlying condition.

You can get a painful or stiff neck if you sleep in an awkward position; use a computer keyboard for a prolonged period of time.

Anxiety and stress can also sometimes cause tension in your neck muscles, which can lead to pain in your neck.

Treatment of neck pain at home

Whatever the cause of neck pain or a stiff neck, generally doctors advice to carry on with your normal daily activities and to keep active.

What other treatments one can try for neck pain at home?

• Try holding a hot water bottle or heat pack to your neck - this can help reduce the pain and any muscle spasms.
• Sleep on a low, firm pillow at night - avoid using two pillows because it may force your neck to bend unnaturally.
• Check your posture - bad posture can aggravate the pain and it may have caused it in the first place. Find out how to sit correctly.
•  Avoid driving until the pain and stiffness have gone - it may prevent you turning your head to view traffic.
• If your neck is stiff or twisted, try some simple neck exercises - gently tense your neck muscles as you tilt your head up and down and from side to side, and as you carefully twist your neck from left to right. These exercises will help strengthen your neck muscles and improve your range of movement.
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• Nerve or bone problems in the neck 
• Sometimes, neck pain is caused by the 'wear and tear' that occurs to the bones and joints in your neck. This is a type of arthritis called cervical spondylosis.

Cervical spondylosis occurs naturally with age. It does not always cause symptoms, although in some people the bone changes can cause neck stiffness. Nearby nerves can also be squashed, resulting in pain that radiates from the arms, pins and needles and numbness in the hands and legs.

The following picture shows the area where the problem is and on which area we should give treatment.

 

To find out the exactly curing point on must use a diagnostic stick provided it should not be sharp (match stick, ball pen etc.) as shown in picture. Diagnostic stick is as :

The assumed area must be pressed upon with equal force without too much of strength. Cure point is always highly painful. No sooner you find the painful point, you can continue massage of the point by rotating the stick clockwise and anti clockwise, while pressing against the point somewhat harder. The cure point must be fully massaged out till residual pain disappears and gets replaced with a feeling of warmth in it. This process we can do 2 to 3 time a day.

After the above process for continue stimulation we will apply live seeds like Methi, Mug ….. on those affected area asshown in the following picture.

Treatment with Su jok is easy, cheap and friendly. One can try this in addition to normal medical care.

 .......To know more about Neck Pain and its cure please cont.. Dr. R. P. Sahu ( Ph. no: 09437462621Berhampur, Odisha)

.........You may also share your valuable input directly to the author through email- rps_bps@yahoo.com

Multi-Crore Chit Fund Scams in Odisha

    WHICH POLITICIANS ARE AT GROUP BENEFICIARIES?

The multi-crore chit fund scams have created an atmosphere of suspicion in the State. Influential people beginning from Ministers, MLAs, officers and mediapersons, all are seen with suspicious eyes by the general public. And this suspicion gained ground after Artha Tatwa (AT) Group CMD Pradip Sethi publicly said that he had bribed politicians, including Minister and MLAs to carry on his chit fund business. Sethi also said he has already submitted evidence about it to the police.

The evidence reportedly includes both audio and videotapes containing conversations between Sethi and the beneficiaries of his largesse.

Sethi, who is presently under police custody, however, refused to reveal the names of those whom he bribed.

The suspicion is gradually snowballing into a major controversy with the police maintaining silence over the issue. The police neither confirm nor deny Sethi’s statement.

As the police are mum, the people are taking Sethi’s version as true. Since Sethi has not revealed the names other than that of Odisha Jan Morcha secretary general Jagneswar Babu, the suspicion needle now moves from one person to another.

Is not this person a beneficiary of the AT Group? This seems to be the common question asked in the State power corridors.

The question apparently hit the ears of Minister of Health & Family Welfare and BJD vice-president Damodar Rout, who told reporters that he would welcome a CBI probe if accusing fingers are raised at him.

The topic is so much discussed in the bureaucratic, political and media circles that “Everybody is suspecting everybody,” said a senior BJD MLA, who wanted to know the names of the Sethi’s beneficiaries.

This suspicion seems to be affecting the ruling BJD more than any other political party. The police should, therefore, come out with a statement to remove the cloud of suspicion, said the MLA. Source: The Pioneer 

Fish Preprocessing Centre in Baleswar in Offing

The Seafood Exporters’ Association of India, Odisha Region and the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) will establish a common preprocessing centre of international standard for the first time at Balaramgadi in Baleswar district in Odisha.

The project, estimated to cost around Rs 6 crore, aims at creating hygienic conditions of international standard for preprocessing works like peeling for headless and other value-added products. The project has a potential of employment of about 1,500 skilled rural women.

In addition to employment, the project would also help shrimp farmers and fishermen of the district get better price of their products.

Earlier, the exporters used to purchase materials and send them to their factories for preprocessing. The project would also help them increase the value of their products due to reduction of wastage and savings in transportation cost.

The Bhumi Pujan ceremony of the project was conducted on Thursday by MPEDA Chairperson Leena Nair and president of Seafood Exporters’ Association of India, Odisha Region G Mohanty in the presence of Director, EIC, New Delhi, Dr SK Saxena, State Director of Fisheries P Krishna Mohan, MPEDA Directors P Mohan Sundaram and N Ramesh and national vice-president of Seafood Exporters’ Association Tara Ranjan Patnaik. Source: The Pioneer 

Cargo handling commences at Gopalpur port near Berhampur

Cargo handling has formally commenced in the Gopalpur port. According to authorities of the Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL), cargo handling is under way at one berth of the port, which is now completely ready to accept ships. At present, cargo handling is being done on trial basis. At present, a single ship is being loaded with illuminate cargo of Odisha Sands Complex (OSCOM) of Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL). The cargo is to be exported to South Korea. The Odisha Sands Complex was a major user of the seasonal anchorage port in the past. The GPL sources said they had sent notifications to shipping companies and possible users informing them that one of its berths was ready to handle cargo. On completion of ongoing works, the port would have three berths. According to the authorities, construction work and other infrastructure development measures are progressing as per schedule. The GPL is also constructing 11 groynes as part of its corporate social responsibility. More than 80 per cent of the work on these groynes has been completed.

In 1987, the Odisha government had established the port as a seasonal anchorage port. In 2006, the government handed over the port to the GPL for its expansion and management. The GPL had entered into an MoU with the government to take over the port and develop it into a major all-weather facility on Build-Operate-Own-Share-Transfer (BOOST) basis.

Source: The Hindu, The Sambad

Review meeting on developmental works and law and order situation at Tara Tarini held

A meeting of Tara Tarini Development Board (TTDB) was held on 8 May in Berhampur under the Chairmanship of Revenue Divisional Commissioner Southern Division and Chairman TTDB Shri Bikash Mohapatra to review the ongoing developmental works and law and order condition at Tara Tarini Hill Shrine.

After reviewing the current law and order situation at the Shrine area the Chairman directed the Ganjam Collector (In-charge) Shri Lingaraj Rath to expedite the establishment of a police station at the Hill Shrine.

Evaluating the on going developmental works the Chairman clarified that the R&D department Govt. of Odisha would soon start the construction work of a Reception Centre, Bus Stand, Prasad Mandap and lavatory complex at the Shrine. The Tourism Department, Govt. of Odisha has already sanction Rs. 86 lakhs for this purpose.

It was also decided that the ambitious parking project on the hill top area connecting the Ghat road to the Path Way will commence soon at a cost of Rs. 4 crores. This project will create more space for parking of vehicles near the shrine on the Tara Tarini Hill top.

As per the decision the ropeway modernization work undertaken by Usha Breco Pvt. Ltd will be completed soon and opened for public use. The RDC directed the Sub-Collector, Chhatrapur, to check the safety standards and other details according to govt. rules before giving clearance.  Notable, Usha Breco Pvt. Ltd has established this ropeway at the Tara Tarini hill shrine on the lines of the modern Ropeways at Mansa Devi in Haridwar.

In this meeting the Chairman also said that the Solar Light project which was pending nearly for a year will be expedited. Rs. 50 lakh has been sanctioned by the Govt. of India for this project, he informed.

In this meeting the Chairman closely monitored the law and order situation at Tara Tarini shrine area and security of the pilgrims coming to this Shakti Pith. He said that an unfortunate incident of sexual assault has happened in the recent past at a distance of around 5 kms from the holy Shrine.

He directed the District Collector and SP to keep strict vigil in the entire holy Shrine area and ensure the security of the devotees coming to the Shakti Pith.

He said the upcoming police station near the shrine will further strength the law and order situation in the Shrine area.

Along with the RDC, the OMFED CMD Shri Sanjeev Kumar Mishra, Ganjam Collector In-charge Shri Lingaraj Rath, officials of Ganjam District, Tahsildar Purushottampur, Secretary and other officials of TTDB were also present in the meeting.

Ram Prasad Tripathy, PRO, Tara Tarini Development Board, Berhampur, Odisha

Odisha Government stonewalls Berhampur varsity’s reforms attempt

By Sisir Panigrahy

The State Government’s claim to make Odisha an ideal destination of education in the country sounds hollow if one goes by the case of Berhampur University whose bid to open new departments fell flat for the former’s stoic silence. Though the funds sanctioned by University Grants Commission (UGC) for the purpose have returned, the Government continues to be in a stupor.

 According to sources, the UGC had approved the university’s proposal to start post-graduate courses in Geophysics, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Hindi and Education during 11th Plan period.

The UGC had also sanctioned funds for the courses. But, the courses could not be started as the State Government did not extend its approval by the end of 11th Plan period in March 2012.

As per the rules, the UGC provides funds for these new departments for a period of three years and after that the State Government takes the responsibility of other requirements like staff and infrastructure. Despite regular correspondence of the university authorities with Higher Education Department for four years, there was no response from the State Government.

As a result, not only the aspirants of higher studies in these subjects are deprived of the benefit, the university has also lost the UGC funds sanctioned for starting the courses. “We are trying to pursue the matter with the State Government to do the needful,” said BP Ratha, Registrar of the University.

In the absence of regular courses in these subjects, students of the area are forced to take up self-financing courses in some of the subjects by paying huge fees elsewhere. The students alleged that due to apathetic attitude of the State Government, no new department has been opened in Berhampur University in the last two decades. Recently, the university had opened just one pharmacy department in self-financing mode.

On the other hand, university sources alleged that Government releases just ` 30 crore annually to meet the salary expenses of faculty and other staff. “After meeting these expenses, hardly any fund is left to enable the University to take up reform works like opening new courses or building new infrastructure,” said an official.

Meanwhile, former deputy speaker Ram Chandra Panda in a letter to the Government has urged it to look into the matter and pursue it with the UGC again. Source: New Indian Express