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Aims and Benefits – ATCE Course – Part 1

Aims and Benefits – ATCE Course – Part 1

January 31, 2017

Tai Chi is safe and is suitable for everyone, male or female, young or old, unfit or super-fit, people with or without a disability.

Aims:

To gain an understanding of:

• The basic principles of Tai Chi
• The benefits and research evidence for Tai Chi for health and rehabilitation
• How to adapt and integrate Tai Chi Exercises (seated and standing) into clinical practice for rehabilitation of both individual or group treatments.

Benefits:

(See the research evidence here)

With regular practice research has shown that Tai Chi may help:

  • Improve aerobic capacity
  • Control and reduce pain
  • Increase flexibility
  • Strengthen tendons, bones and muscles
  • Enhance the body’s immune system
  • Reduce blood pressure
  • Improve balance
  • Reduce the risk and rate of falls
  • Improve cardiovascular performance
  • Improve sleep
  • Improve quality of life
  • Reduce depression and anxiety
  • Improve physical and psychological function

 

It is excellent in the rehabilitation of many conditions such as –

  • Neurological conditions – Stroke, Brain Injury, Parkinsons’s Disease, MS.
  • Falls prevention in Elderly Care
  • Cardiac Rehab – Chronic Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Disease
  • Pulmonary Rehab – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma.
  • Osteoporosis
  • Rheumatology – Rheumatoid arthritis and Osteoarthritis
  • Oncology and Palliative care
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Mental Illness – Depression
  • Bariatrics – Weight control

 

The skills learned in Tai Chi can also be used in sports to improve performance

 

Video: How the Adapted TCE course is being used by healthcare professionals

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Adapted Tai Chi Exercises Course – Part 1

Adapted Tai Chi Exercises Course – Part 1

Jan 25, 2017

Participants are taught the basic principles of Tai Chi, the benefits of Tai Chi for health and rehabilitation, and shows how these effective and relaxing exercises can easily be integrated into clinical practice.

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