Tai chi can have significant benefits for older adults, due in part to the way it focuses on muscle control, stability, balance, and flexibility. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese movement practice that ...

Community tai chi classes are “an effective and sustainable intervention” to prevent falls among elderly people, a recent study suggests.Researchers in Sydney, Australia, randomly assigned 702 ...

LOS ANGELES -- Tai chi is already known as a good low-impact exercise for older people. Now a recent study suggests it offers benefits beyond improving fitness and balance: It may help prevent ...

Research (such as this study, published in the journal BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine) shows that both walking and tai chi ...

Cognitively enhanced tai chi worked better to improve cognitive ability compared to standard tai chi and stretching in people who had concerns about their memory and those experiencing mild cognitive ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular practice of tai chi chih, a Westernized version of the ancient Chinese martial art of tai chi, can help older people rest easier at night, according to a study in ...

Each year in the United States, more than one-third of adults 65 and older experience a fall. Of those who fall, 30% suffer moderate to severe injuries, making falls the leading cause of injury deaths ...

Tai chi is more effective than more conventional physical therapies at helping elderly patients prevent a fall, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. For ...

The question: Might the gentle, flowing movements of tai chi help older people sleep better? This study: It involved 112 people who averaged about 70 years old and had complained of having trouble ...

Save the karate for the kids. To stave off depression among the elderly, a new study proposes the practice of a gentler martial art — tai chi. In a study published in the American Journal of Geriatric ...

Tai Chi is a slow, gentle mind-body exercise that has been shown to benefit a wide range of health conditions and is ...