Tai chi relieves pain

Staff at Tufts University in Massachusetts found that after three months of regular practice of tai chi for patients suffering from arthritis, the severity of pain decreased by more than twice! This ancient martial art gymnastics and much more effectively eases the suffering of patients than any other specially designed physical therapy exercises.

Millions of people around the world every morning starts with training tai chi To improve health - Physical and mental. Gymnastics is very popular in China, where she was involved in the streets, in parks, squares and even in offices. Tai Chi   practiced for many centuries, it is one of the most popular Chinese methods of strengthening internal balance, reach a state of total relaxation and preventive health care.

In previous research role tai chi   at arthritis   also notes, however some specific data has been received. American researchers have traced the regular practice of tai chi affect people from the first control group suffering from pain in the knees. In addition to reducing the severity of the pain, the patients were able to using tai chi to move more freely. And improved psychological state. And all this was made possible after a few weeks of classes.

Another control group of people suffering from arthritis doing exercises Specially developed by physiotherapists for relief arthritis pain. Positive dynamics was observed here, but the results were not as impressive. The level of pain there was reduced on average by 20%.

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