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Time for Tai Chi from your chair
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JLo
Friday, July 30, 2010
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I am currently conducting a spinal cord injury research study on which I am the Principle Investigator. I was fortunate to be awarded a
Quality of Life Grant
from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and we developed a research study that followed individuals with spinal cord injury over a 12-week period doing weekly Tai Chi Chih sessions. They also did the exercises at home with guidance from an instructional DVD that we produced.
Our objective for the initial study was fairly basic. We wanted to see if the stress reduction and improvements in quality of life and other benefits of conventional standing Tai Chi Chih could be transferred to the seated version. The short answer is a definite yes. The initial objective of the now ongoing study was to look at things like reduced pain and an increase in overall well-being and that’s what the individuals taking part in Tai Chi Chih reported. (Image from
UnitedSpinal.org
)
Learn more about Tai Chi Chih
.
Take a look at our
Paralysis Resource Center’s Lending Library
. It has tons of great materials, including books and video instructions, on exercise and fitness. Simply search words like ‘exercise,’ ‘Tai Chi,’ or ‘aerobics.’
Don’t even think of it as working out. Just have fun!
Janelle
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