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. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center presents
nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our Pensacola
chiropractic patients.
AGING-RELATED SKELETAL, CARTILAGE, AND JOINT DISEASES
With aging come skeletal risks like disc height loss and changes
like the two joint and muscle diseases called osteoarthritis and sarcopenia. 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 superior
way to determine vertebral
fracture risk. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was linked with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a condition documented
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 contains catechins that help maintain
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by reducing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center hopes you might enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in a variety of
types. Another new 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 suggested that natural ingredients provide
a rational role in the care 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 reduced pain. (5) Rosmarinic
acid is taken 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) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to enhance the Pensacola chiropractic
treatment plan.
Pensacola CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Pensacola chiropractic
care at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center’s use of
Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
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
integration of cervical spine disc herniation.
Make your Pensacola 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.