We need to bring back teatime, that quiet time in the
middle of the day to experience a quiet
cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your New Roads
chiropractor would appreciate such a time again!) Teatime
was valuable for the mind and spirit and most likely
very good for the body. Most days, we just cannot imagine that we could
possibly have time, but just enjoying tea on the run in a reusable bottle on the commute to your chiropractic appointment at New Roads Chiropractic Center
can be just right, particularly
if that tea is green.
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 determined
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 offers us a
delicious way to be healthier and even less
painful!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more we learn
about what nature offers us via medicinal plants,
the more we must appreciate nature! Green tea is a well-known
beverage sourced from such medicinal plants. Green tea via a
multitude of pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects are proposed to be effective for pain relief because of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Green tea is explained
to be 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 reported
how green tea is good diseases like neurodegenerative
and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. Green tea and
its EGCG seem to curb the expression of inflammatory cytokines
and inflammation-linked enzymes. The use of green tea quite possibly
enhances the quality of life for inflammatory disease patients with
no severe adverse side-effects. (3) Back pain and its related
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 a
plus.
CONTACT New Roads Chiropractic 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 capability of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to reduce back pain.
Make your New Roads chiropractic
appointment today. If you can’t sit for
teatime at home, turn your drive to New Roads Chiropractic Center into teatime with a mug of green tea! Visit soon!