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The following are articles discussing the benefits of Tai Chi exercise:
Study Shows Tai Chi and Physical Therapy Were Equally Helpful for Knee Osteoarthritis For patients with painful knee osteoarthritis, tai chi was as helpful as physical therapy in reducing pain and improving physical functioning, according to a new study partially funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. The results of the study, conducted at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, were published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. ---- Read more: https://nccih.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/tai-chi-knee-osteoarthritis_2016
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Tai Chi Reverse Cellular and Genomic Markers of Inflammation in Late-Life Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Sleep disturbance is associated with activation of systemic and cellular inflammation, as well as proinflammatory transcriptional profiles in circulating leukocytes. Whether treatments that target insomnia-related complaints might reverse these markers of inflammation in older adults with insomnia is not known. ---- Read more: http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(15)00079-7/fulltext
Tai Chi and Postural Stability in Patients with Parkinson's Disease Patients with Parkinson's disease have substantially impaired balance, leading to diminished functional ability and an increased risk of falling. Although exercise is routinely encouraged by health care providers, few programs have been proven effective.---- Tai chi training appears to reduce balance impairments in patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease, with additional benefits of improved functional capacity and reduced falls.---- Read more: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1107911
Study: Tai Chi Helps Fight Depression Among the Elderly
The study found that
compared with taking the health education class (which included some
stretching exercises), performing the ancient Chinese mind-body
exercise of tai chi while taking escitalopram helped more adults
reduce their depressive symptoms and achieve remission; it also
improved quality of life, memory, cognition and overall energy
levels.----
Fibromyalgia? Try tai chi Doctors often recommend exercise for patients with fibromyalgia, but the chronic pain and fatigue associated with the condition can make activities like running and swimming difficult. Tai chi -- a slow, meditative martial art -- may be an effective alternative, a new study suggests.---- Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/18/fibromyalgia.tai.chi/index.html?hpt=Sbin
A Downside to Tai Chi? None That I See Read more: http://nyti.ms/cbqCTj
Tai Chi Reported to Ease Fibromyalgia A clinical trial at Tufts Medical Center found that after 12 weeks of tai chi, patients with fibromyalgia , a chronic pain condition, did significantly better in measurements of pain, fatigue, physical functioning, sleeplessness and depression than a comparable group given stretching exercises and wellness education.---- Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/health/19taichi.html?_r=1
Special tai chi chuan & gi gong training and exam for those continuing an education in health, such as in acupuncture or other medical licenses. please see below for an example.
Start Date Schedule For The Fall 2017 Public Classes - Updated 09/01/2017
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