The Optimal “Dosages” of Tai Chi for Type 2 Diabetes Patients
A systematic review published by the journal Complementary therapies in medicine in October 2023 explores the optimal exercise parameters of Tai Chi for improving glucose and lipid metabolism in type…
Research Opportunity with Compensation for Tai Chi Instructors
A prominent research institution is seeking several Tai Chi instructors to join their team for a 3-month project. The team will deliver remote Tai Chi sessions for 60 minutes a…
Holistic Frailty Prevention: The Promise of Tai Chi and Yoga
Aging is characterized by fundamental cellular and molecular hallmarks that result in physiologic decline of most body systems. This may culminate in frailty, a state of decreased reserve. Because frailty…
Remotely Delivered Spring Forest Qigong Reduced Neuropathic Pain in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury
Approximately 69% of 299,000 Americans with spinal cord injury (SCI) suffer debilitating chronic neuropathic pain, which is intractable to treatment. A study by the University of Minnesota intended to determine…
Effects of Qigong Training on Sedentary Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Women
Scientists from Thailand and Austria worked together in a recent study to evaluate the effects of an 8-week Qigong exercise training on exercise performance and oxidative stress responses in sedentary…
A Historical Summit for Tai Chi and Qigong
On September 18-19, 2023, the Science of Tai Chi & Qigong as Whole-Person Health Conference, the first of its kind in the world, was held in Boston by Osher Center…
Prediction of Knee Joint Pain in Tai Chi Practitioners
A new Chinese study published by BMJ Open in August 2023 build a supervised machine learning model that can accurately predict whether Tai Chi practitioners may experience knee pain after…
How African Americans Engaging in Qigong Exercise in a Community Setting
Although an increasing number of African Americans 50 years of age and older practice Qigong, a mind-body exercise, to manage their health conditions, little is known about their perceptions and…
Acceptability and Feasibility of a Tai Chi/Qigong Intervention for Older People Living With HIV
Tai chi/qigong (TCQ) is a low impact, meditative movement with breathwork that may benefit people with HIV over 50 years old. Florida International University, New College of Florida and Arizona…