Drink for 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. Palmer Chiropractic Center has
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our Lynchburg
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 recent
study looked at how height loss and vertebral fractures in
postmenopausal women were linked. The researchers concluded
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the better
method of determining vertebral
fracture risk. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was associated with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a condition documented
to decrease quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the victim
of the inflammatory and degenerative aspects of these diseases. The loss of strength
and muscle mass that accompanies sarcopenia requires attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass. This is where green tea comes
into play. Green tea has catechins that help maintain
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by decreasing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Palmer Chiropractic Center hopes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea comes in a variety of
forms. An additional new article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from a mixture
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which were shown to inhibit inflammation.
The researchers suggested that natural ingredients have
a rational role in the care of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A report of how spearmint teas influenced
knee osteoarthritis discovered that a commercial spearmint tea improved
stiffness and physical disability while a spearmint tea brewed from a high-rosmarinic
acid (high-rosA) variety significantly decreased pain. (5) Rosmarinic
acid is taken from the woody, perennial herb, rosemary. it’s 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) Palmer Chiropractic Center is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the Lynchburg chiropractic
treatment plan.
Lynchburg CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Lynchburg chiropractic
care at Palmer Chiropractic Center is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Palmer Chiropractic Center’s use of
Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Palmer 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
incorporation of cervical spine disc herniation.
Schedule your Lynchburg chiropractic
appointment today. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees afflicted with osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.