Drink your way to health? Yes, when
the drink is tea! Aging-related
skeletal pain responds well
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Minster Chiropractic Center presents
nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our Minster
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 described the interaction of height loss and vertebral
fractures in postmenopausal women. The researchers concluded
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the superior
method of determining risk of vertebral fracture. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was associated with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a situation known
to reduce quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the victim
of these
diseases’ inflammatory and degenerative processes. The loss of strength
and muscle mass that accompanies sarcopenia necessitates attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass which is where where green tea comes
into play. Green tea has catechins that foster
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by decreasing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Minster Chiropractic Center believes you might enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea comes in a variety of
forms. An additional recent article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from a mixture
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which were found 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 bettered
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 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) Minster Chiropractic Center is on the lookout for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to enhance the Minster chiropractic
treatment plan.
Minster CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Minster chiropractic
care at Minster Chiropractic Center is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Minster Chiropractic Center’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic 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
incorporation of cervical spine disc herniation.
Make your Minster chiropractic
appointment now. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees afflicted with osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.