{"id":3476,"date":"2016-03-09T13:12:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2023-07-24T15:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:02:13","slug":"practice-tai-chi-for-soft-healthy-arteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/practice-tai-chi-for-soft-healthy-arteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Tai Chi for Soft, Healthy Arteries"},"content":{"rendered":"
I love it when scientific studies prove the medical benefits of ancient mind-body methods extolled for their health-giving powers for thousands of years. China is a country rich in mind-body healing traditions, ranging from herbal medicine, bone-setting and acupuncture to meditation, qigong and tai chi.<\/span><\/p>\n Recently, a study showed that tai chi may prevent onset of heart disease in arthritis patients. To practitioners of the art, this makes perfect sense and didn\u2019t need a study to prove. Yet, studies like these add credence and support the living folk knowledge and healing traditions. Here, we\u2019ll look at the study and consider tai chi in the context of both arthritis and heart disease.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a>Legends state that Tai Chi was created by an immortal named Chang San Fang as a mind-body moving meditative, and energy cultivating practice. By matching breath and posture in a long sequence of movement done slowly over time, the body aligns its energy centers, clears its mind, and releases its tension.<\/span><\/p>\n Practice of tai chi strengthens mind and body while cultivating life-force energy, keeping muscles toned and tendons relaxed. In a previous article<\/a> I wrote about Tai Chi\u2019s ability to impact wellness and quality of life by improving balance, increasing bone density, developing muscles tone and tendon elasticity, quieting the mind, regulating the cardiovascular system, improving range of motion, and burning calories.<\/span><\/p>\n Patients suffering rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with a higher risk for heart disease, formally known as cardiovascular disease (CVD). A cause of CVD is atherosclerosis, a state wherein plaque builds up in the arteries; the blood vessels responsible for shuttling oxygen-rich blood to your heart and throughout the body. Atherosclerosis is in part triggered by dysfunction of the endothelium (inner lining of blood vessels) which causes stiffening of the arteries.<\/span><\/p>\n It is believed that the practice of tai chi is able to restore endothelial function in arthritic patients, thereby staving off onset risk of CVD.<\/span><\/p>\nTai Chi, ancient healing art<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Arthritis, heart disease, Tai Chi connection<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
The Tai Chi study<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n