Drink your way to 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. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. offers
nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our Auburn
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 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 better
way to determine vertebral
fracture risk. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was associated with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a condition documented
to reduce quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the sufferer
of these
diseases’ inflammatory and degenerative processes. Sarcopenia’s loss of strength and
muscle mass requires 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) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. believes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in many
types. Another new article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients were helped by a mixture
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which exhibited
anti-inflammatory properties.
The researchers wrote that natural ingredients provide
a rational role in the management of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A report of how spearmint teas influenced
knee osteoarthritis found 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 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) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the Auburn chiropractic
treatment plan.
Auburn CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Auburn chiropractic
care at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
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 Auburn chiropractic
appointment today. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees bothered by osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.