Drink for health? When the chosen drink is tea, it’s quite possible! Skeletal pain arising from aging-related conditions responds well
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has
nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our Fernandina Beach
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 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 known
to reduce quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the victim
of the inflammatory and degenerative aspects of these diseases. 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 decreasing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic hopes you might enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea comes 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 suggested that natural ingredients provide
a rational role in the management of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A study of how spearmint teas affected
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 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) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the Fernandina Beach chiropractic
treatment plan.
Fernandina Beach CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Fernandina Beach chiropractic
care at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Amelia Chiropractic Clinic’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
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 Fernandina Beach 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.