We need to bring back teatime, a quiet time in the
middle of the day to drink a quiet
cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your Severna Park
chiropractor would appreciate such a time again!) Teatime
was beneficial for the mind and spirit and very likely quite good for the body. Most days, we just don’t have time, but just drinking tea on the run in a reusable bottle on the way to your chiropractic appointment at Back And Neck Care Center
can be beneficial, especially
if it’s green tea.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is a traditional
lifestyle factor. That’s a pretty good idea! In evaluating
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 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 we acquire
about what nature offers us through medicinal plants,
the more we will want to thank nature! Green tea is a well-known
beverage obtained from such medicinal plants. Green tea via lots of 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 valuable
for its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Research papers have published
how green tea is good diseases like neurodegenerative
and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. 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 associated
spinal pain conditions like neck pain, arm pain, leg
pain, etc., typically have inflammatory components with them, so adding green tea for its anti-inflammatory benefit may be an advantage.
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
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 potential of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to benefit the back pain patient.
Make your Severna Park chiropractic
appointment today. If you cannot find time for
teatime at home, turn your trip to Back And Neck Care Center into teatime with a mug of green tea! Visit soon!