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. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic has
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our Montreal
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 looked at how height loss and vertebral fractures in
postmenopausal women were linked. The researchers decided
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the better
method of determining 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 has catechins that foster
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by reducing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic believes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in many
forms. An additional recent article writes
that knee osteoarthritis patients benefitted from a combination
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which exhibited
anti-inflammatory properties.
The researchers suggested that natural ingredients provide
a rational role in the management of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A study of how spearmint teas influenced
knee osteoarthritis discovered that a commercial spearmint tea bettered
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
is 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) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to add to the Montreal chiropractic
treatment plan.
Montreal CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Montreal chiropractic
care at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is gently relieving. In combination
with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
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
incorporation of cervical spine disc herniation.
Make your Montreal chiropractic
appointment soon. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees afflicted with osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.