We need to bring back teatime, a quiet time in the
middle of the afternoon to experience a quiet
cup of tea away from the bustle of life! (Your Manchester
chiropractor would enjoy such a break again!) Teatime
was valuable for the mind and spirit and most likely
very good for the body. Most days, most of
us just can’t imagine that we have time, but just drinking tea on the run in an insulated
mug on the commute to your chiropractic appointment at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
can be beneficial, particularly
if it’s green tea.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is part of daily life. Not a bad thing! In evaluating
the health benefits of tea and its active ingredients for osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,
and rheumatoid arthritis – familiar bone and joint diseases bothering
many people – researchers found that tea offers potential anti-COX
(cycolooxygenase) factors and hormone-like effects. They determined
that tea has a great potential to be helpful in
medicine and healthcare especially as the mechanisms of the different types
of tea properties are defined as to their
synergistic mechanisms. (1) Tea from plants around us offers us a
flavorsome way to be healthier and even a bit painfree!
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 common
beverage obtained 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
due to its suppression of inflammation
and oxidative stress. (2) Green tea’s major component, EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate),
has shown itself to be valuable
for its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Research papers have explained
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
enhances the quality of life for inflammatory disease patients without 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 increasing
consumption of green tea for its anti-inflammatory benefit may be an advantage.
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
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.
Schedule your Manchester chiropractic
appointment now. If you can’t sit for
teatime at home, turn your trip to Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries into teatime with a mug of green tea! Visit soon!