Drink your way to health? When the chosen drink is tea, it’s quite possible! Aging-related
skeletal pain responds nicely
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka presents
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our Sitka
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 how height loss and vertebral fractures in
postmenopausal women were linked. The researchers decided
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the superior
way to determine risk of vertebral fracture. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was associated with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a situation 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 necessitates attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass which is where where green tea comes
into play. Green tea contains catechins that help maintain
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by reducing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka hopes you might enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in many
types. Another new article reports
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from 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 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 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) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is on the lookout for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to enhance the Sitka chiropractic
treatment plan.
Sitka CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Sitka chiropractic
care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is gently relieving. Together with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka’s use of
Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
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 Sitka 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.