Ashburn and Herndon Pain Relief with Green Tea
We need to bring back teatime, that quiet time in the middle of the day to enjoy a quiet cup of tea and escape from the bustle of life! (Your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor would enjoy such a break again!) Teatime was beneficial for the mind and spirit and most likely very good for the body. Most days, most of us just cannot imagine that we could possibly have time, but just drinking tea on the run in a reusable bottle on the commute to your chiropractic appointment at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn can be advantageous, especially if that tea is green.
BENEFITS OF TEA OVERALL
In China, drinking tea is part of daily life. 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 has 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 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 has for us by 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 described as 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), has shown itself to be a valuable anti-inflammatory factor as well as anti-oxidant. Research papers have published how green tea helps 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 with no 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 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 describes the interaction of the immune system and pain and the potential of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to reduce back pain.
Schedule your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment today. If you cannot find time for teatime at home, turn your drive to Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn into teatime with a mug of green tea! See you here soon!
