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How Sitting Tai Chi Helps Stroke Survivors Recover

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Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability in the United States, according to the American Heart Association. Blacks are 50 percent more likely to suffer a stroke than whites, but sitting tai chi provides stroke survivors with recovery benefits similar to those achieved with standard rehabilitation, a new study finds.

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How does tai chi help?

Tai chi involves a series of slow movements of the hands, arms, neck, legs and core combined with deep breathing. Researchers developed a tai chi routine that stroke survivors can do while sitting.

“Tai chi has a long history as a form of exercise in China,” says lead author Jie Zhao, a lecturer at Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in China. “We revised the tai chi movements for people who have weakness or partial limb paralysis. It is tailored so that participants can move one arm with the help of the healthy arm.”

More research is needed to determine the health benefits of tai chi. However, according to the Mayo Clinic, evidence indicates that tai chi may also help:

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The new study included 160 adults (average age: 63) in China who had suffered their first ischemic stroke within the past six months and still had the use of at least one arm. (Ischemic stroke is one caused by blocked blood flow in the brain.)

Half of the participants were assigned to the sitting tai chi program and half to a standard stroke rehabilitation exercise program that included recommended upper limb movements (the “control” group).

After three months, patients in the tai chi group had equal or greater improvement in

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