Drink for 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. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has
nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our McHenry
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 described the interaction of height loss and vertebral
fractures in postmenopausal women. The researchers decided
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 decrease 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. This is where green tea comes
into play. Green tea has catechins that foster
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by decreasing inflammatory
mediators. (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic believes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea comes in a variety of
forms. An additional new article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from 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 bettered
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 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) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to enhance the McHenry chiropractic
treatment plan.
McHenry CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, McHenry chiropractic
care at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
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
integration of cervical spine disc herniation.
Schedule your McHenry 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.