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631 Tai Chi and Other Movement Therapies

Radio Shows May 5, 2007

The practice of tai chi, a venerable Chinese martial art, can improve balance and prevent falls in older people. It may even benefit the heart and the immune system.

Dancers and athletes use therapies like the Feldenkreis Method, the Alexander Technique, Body-Mind Centering and Ideokinesis to heal from injuries and increase strength. Can these approaches help you, too?

Guests: Peter Wayne, PhD, is director of Tai Chi research at Harvard Medical School Osher Institute; Principal and co-investigator on a number of NIH funded Tai Chi trials; and founding director of Tree of Life Tai Chi Center, Boston, MA.

Glenna Batson, PT, DSc, MA, is Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at Winston-Salem State University; Doctor of Physical Therapy, Clinical Neuroscience; and a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.