Richard Brown helped organise Ireland's first Chinese Traditional Cultural Exchange Festival, which is on in Belfast until ...

An online, unsupervised tai chi program significantly improves pain and function for people with knee osteoarthritis in an ...

Tai Chi is recommended by many health organizations including the Arthritis Foundation, Harvard Health, the Cleveland Clinic and the National Council on Aging for its numerous health benefits such as ...

Over the past 25 years, there have been almost 500 studies performed on the many health benefits of tai chi. Tai chi has been shown to increase strength, balance and flexibility, to decrease falls in ...

In general, seniors find that as they age, their activity levels decrease. For some, the activity level is reduced due to physical limitations or medical conditions. For others, they see a reduction ...

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory and systemic disease which affects the musculoskeletal system. Exercise programmes are reported to improve physical functioning in ...

After learning only the first six movements of sun-style tai chi, Marian Anderson could pull on her slacks in the morning without, as she said, "having to hang onto something with one hand." She gets ...

Experts agree that, in most cases, gently exercising and stretching is the best way to reduce arthritis pain and maintain strength. The art of Tai Chi has been used to enhance health for hundreds of ...

MARION — Older adults are more likely to fall, which can cause serious injury. Many studies have shown that tai chi is one of the most effective approaches for preventing falls. Medical authorities ...

More than 400 students and more than 80 faculty and staff members at SUNY Cortland have embraced the ancient Chinese martial art of Tai Chi in the past eight years as a means to achieve overall ...

WATERLOO – The Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging is offering Tai Chi classes for arthritis and fall prevention in Waterloo from Oct. 19 to Dec. 21. Tai Chi is a gentle exercise option that can help ...