We need to bring back teatime, a quiet time in the
middle of the afternoon to drink a quiet
cup of tea away from the bustle of life! (Your Vancouver
chiropractor would appreciate such a time again!) Teatime
was beneficial for the mind and spirit and very likely quite good for the body. Today, most of
us just do not have time, but just drinking tea on the run in a reusable bottle on the commute to your chiropractic appointment at Vancouver Disc Centers
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 evaluating
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 offers 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 various tea properties are defined as to their
synergistic mechanisms. (1) Tea from plants around us presents us a
flavorsome 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 will want to thank nature! Green tea is a common
beverage obtained from such medicinal plants. Green tea via several pharmacological activities and antinociceptive
effects can 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 published
how green tea is good 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 potentially
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 a
plus.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
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 Vancouver chiropractic
appointment soon. If you cannot find time for
teatime at home, make your
drive to Vancouver Disc Centers teatime with a mug of green tea! See
you here soon!