HEALTH BENEFITS OF T’AI CHI

1. 1/3 OF PEOPLE OVER AGE 65 LOSE THEIR BALANCE AND FALL EACH YEAR.
T’AI CHI IMPROVES BALANCE AND REDUCES RISK OF MULTIPLE FALLS BY 55%

2. OVER 50% OF OLDER AMERICANS HAVE ARTHRITIS.
T’AI CHI REDUCES ARTHRITIC PAIN AND STIFFNESS

3. HEART DISEASE AND STROKE ARE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S.
T’AI CHI IMPROVES CARDIO-RESIRATORY FUNCTION BY 10%

4. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE/CHOLESTEROL ARE SILENT KILLERS
T’AI CHI LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE, IMPROVES CHOLESTEROL

5. MANY OLDER PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE STANDING AND MOVING.
T’AI CHI IMPROVES LEG STRENGTH AND MOBILITY.

6. OSTEOPEROSIS IS A HEALTH THREAT FOR 44 MILLION PEOPLE CAUSING 1.5
MILLION FRACTURES ANNUALLY.
T’AI CHI REDUCES BONE LOSS AND SLOWS OSTEOPEROSIS.

7. ONE IN FIVE ADULTS WHO HAD CHICKEN POX WILL GET SHINGLES, A VERY
PAINFUL CONDITION. T’AI CHI DOUBLES ONES IMMUNITY TO SHINGLES.

8. 17 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION.
T’AI CHI LOWERS THE SEVERITY OF DEPRESSION.

9. MANY PEOPLE FEEL LISTLESS.
T’AI CHI INCREASES ENERGY LEVELS.

10. MORE THAN 4 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM ALZHEIMERS DISEASE.
T’AI CHI IMPROVES THINKING ABILITIES.

11. 32 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE INSOMNIA.
T’AI CHI INCREASES SLEEP BY 48 MINUTES PER NIGHT AND REDUCES AMOUNT OF
TIME TO FALL ASLEEP BY 18 MINUTES.

12. AGE-RELATED MEMORY LOSS IS WIDESPREAD.
TAI CHI IMPROVES LEARNING, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MEMORY.

13. MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE BACK AND NECK ACHES AND PAINS.
IN ONE STUDY T’AI CHI PLAYERS REPORTED THAT THEIR BACK AND NECK ACHES AND PAIN DISAPPEARED.

14. STRESS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR MANY PEOPLE.
T’AI CHI HELPS PEOPLE RELAX AND REDUCES STRESS.

15. A COMMON COMPLAINT AS WE AGE IS TIRING EASILY.
T’AI CHI CAN IMPROVE EXTENSOR ENDURANCE BY UP TO 20%.

16. 12 TO 20 PEOPLE PER THOUSAND SUFFER FROM PARKINSON’S DISEASE,
ESPECIALLY THOSE OVER AGE 70. T’AI CHI HAS BEEN FOUND TO SLOW THE EFFECTS OF PARKINSON’S.

17. ALMOST 400 THOUSAND AMERICANS HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
T’AI CHI SLOWS THE EFFECTS OF MS.

18. 16 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE DIABETES.
T’AI CHI MAY IMPROVE GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND IMMUNITY OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS.

CONCLUSION; T’AI CHI IS A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF
LIFE.