Concord, NC Pain Relief with Green Tea
We need to bring back teatime, that quiet time in the middle of the afternoon to have a quiet cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your Concord, NC chiropractor would appreciate such a break again!) Teatime was good for the mind and spirit and very likely quite good for the body. Most days, most of us just cannot imagine that we could possibly have time, but just enjoying tea on the run in a reusable bottle on the way to your chiropractic appointment at Pure Chiropractic can be beneficial, especially 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 afflicting many people – researchers found that tea has potential anti-COX (cycolooxygenase) factors and hormone-like effects. They suggested 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 tasty way to be healthier and even a bit painfree!
BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA FOR PAIN
The more information we gather about what nature offers us via medicinal plants, the more we will want to thank nature! Green tea is a well-known beverage sourced from such medicinal plants. Green tea via lots of pharmacological activities and antinociceptive effects are proposed to be effective for pain relief due to 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 explained how green tea helps diseases like obesity, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. 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 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 benefit the back pain patient.
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment today. If you cannot find time for teatime at home, make your drive to Pure Chiropractic teatime with a mug of green tea! See you here soon!
