Dr Paul Lam | Tai Chi for Arthritis for Health | presentation | 2016
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NB: This presentation is posted by the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance (OAAA) as an online lecture http://oaaction.unc.edu/event/
Synopsis below:
I am going to talk about tai chi, the Tai Chi for arthritis program, how it works, the evidence and how to utilise Tai Chi for Arthritis for health, pain relief and fall prevention... and to gain many health benefits.
Here are 35 published studies on the Tai Chi for Health programs. You can see them online at Tai Chi for Health Institute website. I will highlight three studies here.
1. A study comparing Tai Chi and Hydrotherapy, and control
2. The Sydney Tai Chi Trial.
This is one of the key pieces of evidence why the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.gov) and the National Council on Ageing (NCOA.org) in the USA, and health departments and Arthritis Foundations around the world recommend Tai Chi for Arthritis for health and fall prevention.
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