APOD veteran members, ACT Seniors Card members are welcome at Tai chi and QiGong class
What people don’t realise so much is that Tai Chi can help address problems like being hunched as it can straighten your posture, improved posture, balance and alignment. It can also improve your bone density too. I’ve seen people in my classes who had weak bone density and after a year of Tai Chi they have above average bone density.
That people don't realise Tai chi and Qigong of exercise to prevent falls in any age people.
Falls prevention with practice TAI CHI
Currently, known effective interventions include exercise; single non-exercise interventions targeting people with specific risk factors; and multi-factorial interventions. Below are some of the strategies for which there is strong evidence of their effectiveness.
EXERCISE IN OLDER PEOPLE LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY.
Exercise for community-dwelling older people is the most studied and effective single falls prevention intervention. The 2019 Cochrane review of exercise for falls prevention included 108 trials and confirmed that exercise can prevent falls in the community, reducing both the rate of falls (number of falls experienced per person) and the number of people who fall at least once per year (proportion of people who fall). 9 This review categorised exercise programs as primarily involving different types of exercise according to criteria established by the European Union-funded ProFaNE group.10 As not all exercise modalities were equally effective in preventing falls, the impact of different types of exercise was explored independently.
Conclusions from this review were that effective forms of exercise to prevent falls in older people are:
(i) exercise that primarily targets functional abilities or balance,
(ii) exercise with multiple components (most commonly function/balance and strength),
(iii) Tai Chi. Conversely, there is no evidence that strength training alone, walking alone, or dance will prevent falls.
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Tai chi — also called tai chi chuan — is a Chinese martial art that combines a series of graceful, flowing movements to create a sort of moving meditation. The exercise is performed slowly and gently with a high degree of focus and a special attention paid to breathing deeply. Since practitioners go at their own pace, tai chi is accessible for a wide variety of people — regardless of age or fitness level.
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Great ways to stay healthy! To be happy, healthy and free!
Tai chi "is particularly good for older people because balance is an important component of fitness, and balance is something we lose as we get older," Lee said. ~Harvard Medical School
Health QiGong and Tai Chi are a good way to exercises your balance. Are uses slow and rhythmical movements of the trunk and limbs whilst controlling your balance. Health QiGong and Tai Chi can improve balance in older adults as this type of training involves walking, balance, co-ordination, and muscle strengthening exercises. Health QiGong and Tai Chi are widely recognized as being one of the most effective approaches to preventing falls.
Benefits of Qigong - Qi Gong is an ancient practice that can be practiced by anyone and has a huge amount of health benefits. Qi Gong is by far the most appealing of all modalities to kill stress because it achieves 3 very important steps. Synchronizing your mind, your body, your breathing. When all 3 are aligned you get your body into it has optimal state of flow- and this is where your natural healing abilities being to kick in.
Reducing stressful, anxious thoughts about fitness and weight loss can sabotage efforts and even reverse progress.
Developing a less judgmental and stressful relationship with the body can help anyone pursuing a fit lifestyle to accept themselves without unrealistic criticism.
Health Qigong is called, Chi Yoga, or Chi dancing, which has been practiced for over 5000 years, originally created by herbalist doctors as part of Chinese medicine for self-energy healing. Meditation leads Chi, the "Chi" energy acu-pressure therapy activates the body's Acu-points and meridians to address the course of imbalances and clear the "blockages" to build up energy and heal disease.