Drink for health? When the chosen drink is tea, it’s quite possible! Aging-related
skeletal pain responds well
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Cross Chiropractic Center presents
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our Sandy Springs
chiropractic patients.
AGING-RELATED SKELETAL, CARTILAGE, AND JOINT DISEASES
With aging come skeletal risks like disc height loss and changes
like the two joint and muscle diseases called osteoarthritis and sarcopenia. A recent
study looked at how height loss and vertebral fractures in
postmenopausal women were linked. The researchers decided
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the better
way to determine vertebral
fracture risk. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was linked with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a situation documented
to decrease quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the victim
of these
diseases’ inflammatory and degenerative processes. Sarcopenia’s loss of strength and
muscle mass requires attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass. This is where green tea comes
into play. Green tea has catechins that foster
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by reducing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Cross Chiropractic Center believes you might enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea comes in many
types. An additional recent article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from a combination
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which exhibited
anti-inflammatory properties.
The researchers suggested that natural ingredients provide
a rational role in the management of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A report of how spearmint teas affected
knee osteoarthritis found that a commercial spearmint tea improved
stiffness and physical disability while a spearmint tea brewed from a high-rosmarinic
acid (high-rosA) variety significantly reduced pain. (5) Rosmarinic
acid is extracted from the woody, perennial herb, rosemary. It
is a polyphenolic compound with antioxidant properties. Polyphenols are written to be
anti-cancer, anti-tumor cell proliferation, anti-apoptosis (cell death),
anti-metastasis, and anti-inflammatory. Rosmarinic acid is found in plant
species like the mint. (6) Cross Chiropractic Center is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the Sandy Springs chiropractic
treatment plan.
Sandy Springs CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Sandy Springs chiropractic
care at Cross Chiropractic Center is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Cross Chiropractic Center’s use of
Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Cross Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Peter Meyer on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
integration of cervical spine disc herniation.
Schedule your Sandy Springs chiropractic
appointment now. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees bothered by osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.