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. Satterwhite Chiropractic presents
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our Oxford
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 new
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
method of determining risk of vertebral fracture. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was linked with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a condition documented
to decrease quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the victim
of the inflammatory and degenerative aspects of these diseases. The loss of strength
and muscle mass that accompanies sarcopenia requires attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass which is where where green tea comes
into play. Green tea contains catechins that foster
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by decreasing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Satterwhite Chiropractic hopes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea comes in many
types. Another new article reports
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) Satterwhite Chiropractic is on the lookout for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the Oxford chiropractic
treatment plan.
Oxford CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Oxford chiropractic
care at Satterwhite Chiropractic is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Satterwhite Chiropractic’s use of
Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
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
integration of cervical spine disc herniation.
Make your Oxford 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.