We need to bring back teatime, that quiet time in the
middle of the afternoon to drink a quiet
cup of tea away from the bustle of life! (Your Fort Wayne
chiropractor would enjoy such a time again!) Teatime
was beneficial for the mind and spirit and most likely
very good for the body. Today, most of
us just do not have time, but just drinking tea on the run in an insulated
mug on the commute to your chiropractic appointment at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
can be beneficial, particularly
if that tea is green.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is a traditional
lifestyle factor. That’s a pretty good idea! In assessing
the health benefits of tea and its active ingredients for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,
and rheumatoid arthritis – familiar bone and joint diseases affecting
many people – researchers found that tea offers potential anti-COX
(cycolooxygenase) factors and hormone-like effects. They determined
that tea has a vast potential to be helpful in
medicine and healthcare especially as the mechanisms of the different types
of tea properties are defined as to their
synergistic mechanisms. (1) Tea from plants around us presents us a
tasty way to be healthier and even less
painful!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more we learn
about what nature offers us through medicinal plants,
the more we must appreciate nature! Green tea is a well-known
beverage obtained from such medicinal plants. Green tea via a
multitude of pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects are proposed to be effective for pain relief because of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Green tea is described as a safe and often effective treatment for pain management
due to its suppression of inflammation
and oxidative stress. (2) Green tea’s major component, EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate),
has shown itself to be a valuable anti-inflammatory
factor as well as anti-oxidant. Research papers have reported
how green tea helps diseases like neurodegenerative
and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. Green tea and
its EGCG seem to restrain the expression of inflammatory cytokines
and inflammation-linked enzymes. The use of green tea potentially
enhances the quality of life for inflammatory disease patients with
no severe adverse side-effects. (3) Back pain and its related
spinal pain conditions like neck pain, arm pain, leg
pain, etc., typically have inflammatory components with them, so increasing
consumption of green tea for its anti-inflammatory benefit may be a
plus.
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates the interaction of the immune system and pain and
the capability of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to benefit the back pain patient.
Make your Fort Wayne chiropractic
appointment soon. If you cannot find time for
teatime at home, make your
drive to Aaron Chiropractic Clinic teatime with a mug of green tea! See
you here soon!