Get to a certain age, and falling is no joke. It can mean broken wrists and broken hips, people helpless on the floor at home for hours or days and relatives deciding Grandma cannot live alone anymore ...

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 ...

If there's anyone in Minnesota who could use a little tai chi in their day, it's the state commissioners of human services and health — two high-profile and sometimes embattled state leaders. But ...

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, a traditional Chinese martial art, continuously is proven to have both physical and mental benefits for individuals of any age. This gentle form of martial art concentrates on controlled ...

A new kind of Tai Chi – call it Tai Chi with a twist – is gaining attention as an effective form of exercise for frail elderly people. The style, Tai Chi Fundamentals, combines the traditions of the ...

Alan Zaklad’s Tai Chi students prepare for class eager to ease the aches of aging, to treat pain from AIDS or to learn their next move, but across the board they come to just slow down. Zaklad is a ...

A review of medical studies gave the thumbs-up to Tai chi as a way of preventing falls and improving mental health in the elderly, but does not confirm other claims made for the Chinese martial art.

The traditional Chinese exercise of Tai Chi has been found to help improve balance and reduce falls in the elderly. Now researchers say it boosts the immune system in older adults, particularly ...

Stony Brook Medicine offers special Tai Chi demonstration for fall-prone elderly As more and more older adults are being injured in falls, Stony Brook Medicine offered a special Tai Chi demonstration ...