We need to bring back teatime, that quiet time in the
middle of the day to enjoy a quiet
cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your Groton
chiropractor would appreciate such a break again!) Teatime
was valuable for the mind and spirit and most likely
very good for the body. Today, most of
us just do not have time, but just enjoying tea on the run in a reusable bottle on the way to your chiropractic appointment at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
can be just right, especially
if it’s green tea.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is part of daily life. 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 has 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 identified as to their
synergistic mechanisms. (1) Tea from plants around us offers us a
tasty way to be healthier and even less
painful!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more we learn
about what nature has for us via medicinal plants,
the more we will want to thank nature! Green tea is a common
beverage obtained from such medicinal plants. Green tea via lots of pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects can 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 valuable
for its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Research papers have explained
how green tea helps diseases like obesity, cancer,
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. Green tea and
its EGCG seem to restrain the expression of inflammatory cytokines
and inflammation-linked enzymes. The use of green tea quite possibly
improves the quality of life for inflammatory disease patients with
no severe adverse side-effects. (3) Back pain and its related
spinal pain conditions like leg, arm, and neck pain, etc., typically have inflammatory components with them, so increasing
consumption of green tea for its anti-inflammatory benefit may be an advantage.
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
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 reduce back pain.
Schedule your Groton chiropractic
appointment now. If you can’t sit for
teatime at home, make your
drive to Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office teatime with a mug of green tea! See
you here soon!