Two studies help confirm what Tai Chi practitioners already experience: tai chi boosts their immune systems and helps them resist illness. And, if an illness like cancer does strike, tai chi helps mitigate the effects of chemotherapy and radiation and calms their fears.

“Oh, my aching joints,” is a common sigh among arthritis sufferers. By 2020, an estimated 60 million Americans will be afflicted by arthritis and more than 11 million disabled. But statistics do little to mitigate the large amount of suffering.

A three part article on Carpal Tunnel that covers: What is Carpal Tunnel, How Tai Chi Provides Relief, and How to Develop a Squid-Like Hand.

Connecting the dots between stress and allergies and asthma is easy. The most common symptoms of stress are achingly similar to those associated with allergy and asthma: tight chest, shortness of breath, insomnia, fatigue, muscular pain and headaches. Unfortunately, the more run down you get, the more susceptible you become to seasonal illnesses, such as colds, bronchitis, sinusitis and pneumonia. Moreover, clinical evidence backs up what sufferers know first-hand: tension and anxiety make symptoms worse. It is more difficult to connect improvements in these maladies with the slow, benign-looking, gentle movements of Chi Gung and Tai Chi.