We need to bring back teatime, that quiet time in the
middle of the day to enjoy a quiet
cup of tea away from the bustle of life! (Your Fernandina Beach
chiropractor would enjoy such a break again!) Teatime
was good for the mind and spirit and most likely
very good for the body. Most days, we just do not have time, but just enjoying tea on the run in a reusable bottle on the way to your chiropractic appointment at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
can be advantageous, especially
if that tea is green.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is part of daily life. That’s a pretty good idea! In evaluating
the health benefits of tea and its active ingredients for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,
and rheumatoid arthritis – common bone and joint diseases affecting
many people – researchers found that tea has potential anti-COX
(cycolooxygenase) factors and hormone-like effects. They suggested
that tea has a great potential to be helpful in
medicine and healthcare especially as the mechanisms of the different types
of tea properties are defined as to their
synergistic mechanisms. (1) Tea from plants around us offers us a
delicious way to be healthier and even less
painful!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more information we gather
about what nature has for us by medicinal plants,
the more we will want to thank nature! Green tea is a common
beverage sourced from such medicinal plants. Green tea via a
multitude of pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects are proposed to be effective for pain relief because of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Green tea is explained
to be a safe and often effective treatment for pain management
due to its suppression of inflammation
and oxidative stress. (2) Green tea’s major component, EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate),
has shown itself to be a valuable anti-inflammatory
factor as well as anti-oxidant. Research papers have explained
how green tea is good diseases like obesity, cancer,
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. Green tea and
its EGCG seem to curb the expression of inflammatory cytokines
and inflammation-linked enzymes. The use of green tea quite possibly
enhances the quality of life for inflammatory disease patients with
no severe adverse side-effects. (3) Back pain and its related
spinal pain conditions like leg, arm, and neck pain, etc., typically have inflammatory components with them, so adding green tea for its anti-inflammatory benefit may be an advantage.
CONTACT Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes the interaction of the immune system and pain and
the potential of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to benefit the back pain patient.
Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic
appointment soon. If you can’t sit for
teatime at home, make your
trip to Amelia Chiropractic Clinic teatime with a mug of green tea! See
you here soon!