Drink your way to 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. Layden Chiropractic presents
nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our Plainville
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 the interaction of height loss and vertebral
fractures in postmenopausal women. The researchers decided
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the better
method of determining risk of vertebral fracture. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was linked with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a condition documented
to decrease quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the sufferer
of the inflammatory and degenerative aspects of these diseases. Sarcopenia’s loss of strength and
muscle mass necessitates attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass. This is where green tea comes
into play. Green tea contains catechins that help maintain
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by reducing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Layden Chiropractic believes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea comes in many
forms. Another recent article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients were helped by a combination
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 study 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 taken 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) Layden Chiropractic is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to enhance the Plainville chiropractic
treatment plan.
Plainville CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Plainville chiropractic
care at Layden Chiropractic is gently relieving. Together with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Layden Chiropractic’s use of
Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Layden Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Peter Meyer on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
incorporation of cervical spine disc herniation.
Schedule your Plainville chiropractic
appointment soon. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees afflicted with osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.