Tai chi can have significant benefits for older adults, due in part to the way it focuses on muscle control, stability, balance, and flexibility. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese movement practice that ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular practice of tai chi chih, a Westernized version of the ancient Chinese martial art of tai chi, can help older people rest easier at night, according to a study in ...

Community tai chi classes are “an effective and sustainable intervention” to prevent falls among elderly people, a recent study suggests.Researchers in Sydney, Australia, randomly assigned 702 ...

Cognitively enhanced tai chi worked better to improve cognitive ability compared to standard tai chi and stretching in people who had concerns about their memory and those experiencing mild cognitive ...

Mary Jane Nations had a third back surgery a few years ago, and her body could no longer handle the required bending of her longtime yoga practice. “I missed it greatly. I was having a real problem ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Almost every hour in Hawaii, a kupuna is transported by ambulance to the emergency room because of an injury suffered from a fall. Each year between 2016 and 2021 due to ...

If there's anyone in Minnesota who could use a little tai chi in their day, it's the state commissioners of human services and health — two high-profile and sometimes embattled state leaders. But ...

The question: Might the gentle, flowing movements of tai chi help older people sleep better? This study: It involved 112 people who averaged about 70 years old and had complained of having trouble ...

Save the karate for the kids. To stave off depression among the elderly, a new study proposes the practice of a gentler martial art — tai chi. In a study published in the American Journal of Geriatric ...

Tai chi is more effective than more conventional physical therapies at helping elderly patients prevent a fall, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. For ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) added to tai chi chuan exercise improved sleep and cognition in older ...