Tai Chi for Disease Activity and Flexibility in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis—A Controlled Clinical Trial

The results suggest that tai chi improves flexibility and positively influences levels of disease activity in AS patients. Tai chi, which is easily accessible to patients, may also be an effective intervention for further randomized studies.

A pilot evaluation on a stress management programme using a combined approach of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for elementary school teachers.

Mindful exercises including Qi Gong, along with cognitive behavioral therapy may help elementary teachers significantly reduce, depression, anxiety and stress

Tai Chi intervention increases progenitor CD34(+) cells in young adults

TCC practice sustained for more than 1 year may be an intervention against aging as effective as BW in terms of its benefits on the improvement of CD34(+) number.

Effects of Tai Chi on exercise capacity and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese mind-body exercise that has been widely practiced in the People's Republic of China for many centuries. This exercise has also been applied as a training modality in pulmonary rehabilitation programs for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 

Preliminary evidence suggests that Tai Chi has beneficial effects on exercise capacity and HRQoL in COPD patients. This exercise can be recommended as an effective alternative training modality in pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

Health benefits of qigong or tai chi for cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analyses

Mind-body interventions are widely used by cancer patients to reduce symptoms and cope better with disease- and treatment-related symptoms. 
In the last decade, many clinical controlled trials of qigong/tai chi as a cancer treatment have emerged. This study aimed to quantitatively evaluate the effects of qigong/tai chi on the health-related outcomes of cancer patients.

The effects of mind-body therapies on the immune system: meta-analysis

Mind-body therapies reduce markers of inflammation and influence virus-specific immune responses to vaccination despite minimal evidence suggesting effects on resting anti-viral or enumerative measures. 

Tai Chi masters can generate great force

 It's possible that teaching children how to harness this ability could help them control chronic pain, manage disease and reduce stress. Recent studies from other institutions have suggested tai chi training can promote calmness and relaxation in middle school children and improve pulmonary function in children with asthma.
It's not just kids who can benefit from tai chi. Other studies at Stanford and elsewhere have shown that adult practitioners gain balance, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and immune benefits.

Tai Chi versus brisk walking in elderly women

Comparing the effects of a short style of Tai Chi versus brisk walking training programme on aerobic capacity, heart rate variability (HRV), strength, flexibility, balance, psychological status and quality of life in elderly women.

A short style of Tai Chi Chuan was found to be an effective way to improve many fitness measures in elderly women over a 3-month period. 

Tai Chi Chuan  was also found to be significantly better than brisk walking in enhancing certain measures of fitness including lower extremity strength, balance and flexibility.

Tai Chi and Chronic pain (fibromyalgia)

Tai chi is a low-impact, slow-motion, mind-body exercise that combines breath control, meditation, and movements to stretch and strengthen muscles. The practice dates back thousands of years.

Effect of Tai Chi on Cognitive Performance in Older Adults

Tai Chi shows potential to enhance cognitive function in older adults, particularly in the realm of executive functioning and in individuals without significant impairment.Findings from nonrandomized studies add further evidence that Tai Chi may positively affect domains of cognitive function.

The effects of tai chi on depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being

Tai chi, also called taiji or tai chi chuan, is a form of mind-body exercise that originated from China. It combines Chinese martial arts and meditative movements that promote balance and healing of the mind and body, involving a series of slowly performed, dance-like postures that flow into one another. As it comprises mental concentration, physical balance, muscle relaxation, and relaxed breathing, tai chi shows great potential for becoming widely integrated into the prevention and rehabilitation of a number of medical and psychological conditions.

The health benefits of Tai Chi

This gentle form of exercise can prevent or ease many ills of aging and could be the perfect activity for the rest of your life.
Tai chi is often described as “meditation in motion,” but it might well be called “medication in motion.” There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice, which originated in China as a martial art, has value in treating or preventing many health problems. And you can get started even if you aren’t in top shape or the best of health.

World Tai Ji & Qigong Day 2015 Celebrations

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day [WTCQD], also spelled World Tai Ji and Qi Gong Day, is a global annual event held the last Saturday of April each year to promote the related disciplines of Tai Ji Quan and Qigong in nearly every country since 1999. This year the Masters of Greek Shaolin Cultural Center decided to participate in this beautiful and kind springtime global festival of body and mind health and demonstrates to the community and all the participants the wonders of Shaolin Rou Quan and Shaolin Qi Gong.

Best exercise for Balance : Tai Chi

Tai chi is an ancient Chinese exercise that can help older adults improve their balance and lower their fall risk. And by reducing their risk of falls, seniors can lower their odds of suffering a debilitating fracture. “In just 12 weeks, I’ve seen people improve their balance and stability and walk faster and farther,” says Stanwood Chang, a tai chi instructor at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, part of Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital.

Slow, deliberate movements improve your stability and protect against falls.

The effects of Tai chi on body balance in elderly people

American Journal of Chinese Medicine has published a study concerning the effect of tai chi on body balance in elderly people,
by reviewing studies from the early 21st century.

Results are very optimistic.

Tai Chi practice improves and restores sexual vitality

The benefits of doing Tai Chi are many. The primary aim is circulate chi (a vital force within the body) throughout the system to enhance vitality and health. Practicing Tai Chi has been associated with improved strength, balance, mobility, immunity, flexibility and more.

By increasing circulation and lowering tension Tai Chi practice extends its benefits to an overall improved sexual vitality.

Tai Chi Shows Relief for Arthritis Pain, Improves Well-Being and Enhances Sleep

In the largest study to date of the Arthritis Foundation’s Tai Chi program, participants showed improvement in pain, fatigue, stiffness and sense of well-being.

Older adults also improved their ability to reach while maintaining balance, said Leigh Callahan,

Tai Chi improves symptoms of Parkinsons disease

Tai chi, a type of exercise that guides the body through gentle, flowing poses, may help some of the worst physical problems of Parkinson's disease, a new study shows.If further studies confirm the findings, experts say it appears that tai chi might be an effective therapy for improving a person's ability to walk, move steadily, and balance. Tai chi may also reduce the chances of a fall.

Tai chi helps Parkinson’s patients with balance and fall prevention

Exercise is important for a healthy lifestyle but it is also a key part of therapy, rehabilitation and disease management. For Parkinson’s disease, exercise routines are often recommended to help maintain stability and the coordinated movements necessary for everyday living.


An NIH-funded study, reported in the February 9, 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine,evaluated three different forms of exercise – resistance training, stretching, and tai chi – and found that tai chi led to the greatest overall improvements in balance and stability for patients with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease.

Tai chi’s benefits become more obvious over time

The fitness benefits of tai chi for older women only become obvious if they engage in long-term practice. Chinese researchers randomised 105 urban elderly women into an experimental group (tai chi) and two active control groups a (dance or brisk walking).

At 12 months, the effects of tai chi were found to be more significant than both control groups.