Williamson Pain Relief with Green Tea
We need to bring back teatime, a quiet time in the middle of the afternoon to enjoy a quiet cup of tea away from the bustle of life! (Your Williamson chiropractor would appreciate such a time again!) Teatime was good for the mind and spirit and most likely very good for the body. Today, most of us just do not have time, but just enjoying tea on the run in an insulated mug on the way to your chiropractic appointment at Apple Country Chiropractic can be just right, particularly if it’s green tea.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is a traditional lifestyle factor. Not a bad thing! In assessing 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 suggested that tea has a vast 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 learn about what nature offers us through medicinal plants, the more we will want to thank nature! Green tea is a common beverage sourced from such medicinal plants. Green tea via several 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 reported how green tea benefits 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 potentially enhances the quality of life for inflammatory disease patients without 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.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the interaction of the immune system and pain and the potential of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to reduce back pain.
Make your Williamson chiropractic appointment soon. If you cannot find time for teatime at home, turn your drive to Apple Country Chiropractic into teatime with a mug of green tea! Visit soon!
