We need to bring back teatime, a quiet time in the
middle of the afternoon to drink a quiet
cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your San Jose
chiropractor would enjoy such a time again!) Teatime
was good for the mind and spirit and very likely quite good for the body. Most days, we just don’t have time, but just enjoying tea on the run in an insulated
mug on the commute to your chiropractic appointment at Chiropractic Solutions
can be advantageous, particularly
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 afflicting
many people – researchers found that tea has potential anti-COX
(cycolooxygenase) factors and hormone-like effects. They concluded
that tea has an immense potential to be helpful in
medicine and healthcare especially as the mechanisms of various tea properties are identified as to their
synergistic mechanisms. (1) Tea from plants around us presents us a
delicious way to be healthier and even less
painful!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more information we gather
about what nature has for us by medicinal plants,
the more we will want to thank nature! Green tea is a common
beverage sourced from such medicinal plants. Green tea via several pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects can be effective for pain relief due
to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Green tea is described as a safe and often effective treatment for pain management
because if can suppress inflammation
and oxidative stress. (2) Green tea’s major component, EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate),
is described in the published literature as a valuable anti-inflammatory
factor as well as anti-oxidant. Research papers have published
how green tea helps diseases like obesity, cancer,
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. Green tea and
its EGCG seem to curb 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 associated
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 Chiropractic Solutions
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes 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 San Jose chiropractic
appointment now. If you can’t sit for
teatime at home, make your
trip to Chiropractic Solutions teatime with a mug of green tea! See
you here soon!