Mechanisms of motor symptom improvement by long-term Tai Chi training in Parkinson’s disease patients translationalneurodegenerat...
"To our interest, one-year Tai Chi training decreased the UPDRS-III score compared to baseline (baseline 25.20 ± 17.50 vs one-year 19.10 ± 9.56), while the motor symptoms became worse in the brisk walking group (baseline 17.50 ± 7.01 vs one-year 23.10 ± 7.81) and the control group (baseline 19.30 ± 4.87 vs one-year 30.70 ± 7.35). Since there was no statistical difference in the change of LEDD among the three groups (P = 0.939), which could exclude the impact of LEDD, this result indicated that Tai Chi training may have disease-modifying effects on PD."
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Six point improvement in the UPDRS-III score - nice.
Tai Chi, Qigong, and Reiki all involve working with the subtle energy known as Chi, also spelled Qi. Sometimes people mistakenly think these are forms of gentle exercise, but the movements are merely ways to cultivate the Chi. My Qigong experience here:
Bear, I’m curious how your qigong practice has evolved over the past five years. I have just returned to practice with a different teacher, progressing PD is a great motivator.
Since 2018 I’ve been training with Sifu Scott Jensen in Tai Chi Chuan, Tai Chi Sword, and Ba Gua Zhang. There are many Tai Chi teachers around but I feel extremely fortunate in that Sifu Scott is conversant with both the martial and healing aspects of the disciplines. The school, run by Scott and his wife Rachel, is called 10,000 Victories, and is located in San Rafael, CA. For the past two years, with group classes suspended due to Covid, they’ve been developing an online curriculum, which they’ve just recently posted. I can get you a link to it if you’re interested. From what I’ve seen so far it looks great. Thanks for posting - JG
There’s lotta free stuff on YouTube. 10,000 Victories charges monthly fees for their online programs. Another good resource is Lee Holden’s website HoldenQiGong. Good luck with your search.
Started a class earlier this week funnily enough. It was really good and seems to combine strength, mindfulness, control and meditation in one. Everything we need! Thanks for sharing this hopeful data.
Thanks for providing this link, I’ve been searching for a local class for Tai Chi but haven’t been successful yet. Maybe this might be the best option.
I’ve been practicing Taichi for 7 years. It is very good for balance and length of gait. You learn to shift the weight of the body from one leg to the other. It’s meditation in slow movements. My class includes 30 minutes to stretch and prepare the joints to do the forms. It also implies memorizing the sequence of movements. And last, but not least, people in the class are in general very nice people!
Hey Bolt. I have been doing yoga for my PD. My yoga instructor took the time to learn which positions and poses would help with PD. She is super awesome a when there are times I am the only one in class she really works on those with me. I think for both Tai Chi and Yoga the practice of holding the pose , position or movement and having to maintain balance retrains the brain and helps it remap to help maintain balance and coordination. I am curious about tai chi but there isn't currently anything in my area or that I can afford. PD as we know is expensive.
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