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. New Hampshire Spine and Sport offers nutritional advice like drinking green tea to our Southern New Hampshire 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 described 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 risk of vertebral fracture. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was linked with stature loss in postmenopausal women, a situation documented to reduce 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 necessitates 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) New Hampshire Spine and Sport believes you might enjoy some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in many types. Another recent article writes that knee osteoarthritis patients were helped by a mixture of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which were found to inhibit inflammation. The researchers suggested that natural ingredients provide a rational role in the care 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 reduced 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) New Hampshire Spine and Sport is on the hunt for some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the Southern New Hampshire chiropractic treatment plan.
Southern New Hampshire CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Southern New Hampshire chiropractic care at New Hampshire Spine and Sport is gently relieving. In combination with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, New Hampshire Spine and Sport’s use of Cox Technic helps spine pain conditions.
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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 Southern New Hampshire chiropractic appointment now. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your way to potentially better knees bothered by osteoarthritis and healthier skeletal and joint systems.