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Effectiveness of Tai Ji Quan

…vs Multimodal and Stretching Exercise Interventions for Reducing Injurious Falls in Older Adults at High Risk of Falling. Researchers have found that sometimes you have to practice losing your balance in order to avoid falling. Read the whole article in The...

Using Tai Chi to Build Strength

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NEW YORK TIMES: “If you’re not ready or not able to tackle strength-training with weights, resistance bands or machines, tai chi may just be the activity that can help to increase your stamina and diminish your risk of injury that accompanies weak muscles and...

Effect of tai chi versus aerobic exercise for fibromyalgia

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BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL: Tai chi is as good as – or even better than – aerobic exercise for aiding people with the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia, study suggests. A US trial of 226 adults with fibromyalgia showed that those who practised tai chi...

The Science Behind Tai Chi and Qi Gong

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH: In a recent NCCIH Integrative Medicine Research Lecture, Peter Wayne, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School, spoke about the role of tai chi in preserving and rehabilitating some age- and chronic disease-related...