The next time you’re out walking your dog, or taking a leisurely stroll by your neighborhood park, you may look up and see a group of people moving with arms and legs outstretched, like large, slow, praying manti. These people are not practicing their new slow dance craze routines, they are practicing Tai Chi, a soft martial arts exercise that practitioners say enhances mental and physical health.      (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Tai Chi’
Study: Tai Chi Is Effective Symptomatic Treatment for Peripheral Neuropathy
Friday, December 21st, 2007What is the true Acupuncture Specialist?
Monday, December 10th, 2007Acupuncture is the main therapy I use on patients.
But it’s only one of Chinese medicine’s therapies. The others include a sophisticated system of herbal medicine, an acupressure-like massage style called tui na (twee nah), qi gong (exercises to increase vitality), and tai chi (a series of movements that conditions the body and calms the mind). Not to mention the whole preventive/balancing system of food cures, life habits, emotions, and exercise we can advise you about.
Tai Chi Effective Addition to Immunity Against Shingles, New Study Finds
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007By: Acufinder Magazine
Older adults at risk of shingles may get as much immunity to the varicella-zoster virus (VCV) as the VCV vaccine provides by adding tai chi, the ancient Chinese exercise system, to their exercise program. But the new study from the National Institutes of Health also reports that tai chi appears to significantly increase the effectiveness of the varicella vaccine, as well, giving even greater immunity to those who receive the vaccine and participated in a tai chi program. (more…)