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Knee1: Tai Chi Helps to Relieve Osteoarthritis Pain
2. (HealthDayNews) -- The ancient Chinese
practice of Tai Chi appears to improve balance, flexibility and
cardiovascular health in people with such chronic health problems
as heart failure, hypertension, arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
So says a review article by researchers at Tufts-New England
Medical Center in Boston.
They analyzed 47 studies that examined the health effects of Tai
Chi in patients with various chronic health conditions.
"Overall, these studies reported that long-term Tai Chi practice
had favorable effects on the promotion of balance control,
flexibility and cardiovascular fitness and reduced the risk of
falls in elders," the authors write.
Cardiovascular and respiratory function improvements were noted in
healthy people and those who had undergone coronary artery bypass
surgery as well as people with heart failure, hypertension, acute
myocardial infarction, arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
"Benefit was also found for balance, strength, and flexibility in
older subjects; falls in frail elderly subjects; and pain, stress
and anxiety in healthy subjects," the authors write.
They add the actual ways that Tai Chi provides these benefits are
not well known.
The article appears in a recent issue of the Archives of Internal
Medicine.
