Drink your way to health? Yes, when
the drink is tea! Skeletal pain arising from aging-related conditions responds nicely
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc has
nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our Fort Wayne
chiropractic patients.
AGING-RELATED SKELETAL, CARTILAGE, AND JOINT DISEASES
Skeletal
risks like disc height loss and changes like the two joint and muscle diseases
called osteoarthritis and sarcopenia come with aging. A new
study looked at the interaction of height loss and vertebral
fractures in postmenopausal women. The researchers concluded
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the superior
method of determining risk of vertebral fracture. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was associated with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a situation known
to reduce quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the sufferer
of these
diseases’ inflammatory and degenerative processes. The loss of strength
and muscle mass that accompanies sarcopenia necessitates 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) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc believes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in many
types. Another recent article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from a mixture
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which exhibited
anti-inflammatory properties.
The researchers wrote that natural ingredients provide
a rational role in the care of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A report of how spearmint teas influenced
knee osteoarthritis found that a commercial spearmint tea bettered
stiffness and physical disability while a spearmint tea brewed from a high-rosmarinic
acid (high-rosA) variety significantly decreased pain. (5) Rosmarinic
acid is extracted from the woody, perennial herb, rosemary. it’s a polyphenolic compound with antioxidant properties. Polyphenols are reported 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) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the Fort Wayne chiropractic
treatment plan.
Fort Wayne CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Fort Wayne chiropractic
care at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
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 Fort Wayne chiropractic
appointment soon. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees bothered by osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.