You can practice tai chi (taiji) if you are fat, thin, just out of bed after surgery, young, old or middle aged. Tai Chi is about how you feel, not how you look. - Bruce Frantzis
Have a sore lower back?
First, if you have pain transferring down your leg(s), rest and heal. Consult your physician immediately. There is a good chance you may be doing irreparable nerve damage by moving with that kind of pain.
Now, tai chi balances and strengthens the spine. However, overdoing it can exacerbate an injury or muscle soreness.
How to do your tai chi to help mobilize and balance a sore lower back?
The answer is hands high.
Your hands stretching the ball, with each and every movement going up, should be 45 degrees, i.e half way between horizontal and straight up.
Try it now, and enjoy your gentle internal massage.
After, check your wallet and notice you saved the cost of a nice relaxing massage and you can pass on this choice tidbit of knowledge with your tai chi friends 😊
Regular practice of tai chi produces amazing benefits. Even just a few minutes of dan-yus at home can remind your musculature to relax and your frame to realign. Class time is always good, but the very few minutes spent 'playing tai chi' at home will prove very beneficial and eye opening 😊
Spend time, to realign.
Try not to focus on breathing so much, but let it happen naturally
You can practice tai chi (taiji) if you are fat, thin, just out of bed after surgery, young, old or middle aged. Tai Chi is about how you feel, not how you look. - Bruce Frantzis
Have a sore lower back?
First, if you have pain transferring down your leg(s), rest and heal. Consult your physician immediately. There is a good chance you may be doing irreparable nerve damage by moving with that kind of pain.Now, tai chi balances and strengthens the spine. However, overdoing it can exacerbate an injury or muscle soreness.
How to do your tai chi to help mobilize and balance a sore lower back?
The answer is hands high.
Your hands stretching the ball, with each and every movement going up, should be 45 degrees, i.e half way between horizontal and straight up.
Try it now, and enjoy your gentle internal massage.
After, check your wallet and notice you saved the cost of a nice relaxing massage and you can pass on this choice tidbit of knowledge with your tai chi friends 😊
Regular practice of tai chi produces amazing benefits. Even just a few minutes of dan-yus at home can remind your musculature to relax and your frame to realign. Class time is always good, but the very few minutes spent 'playing tai chi' at home will prove very beneficial and eye opening 😊
Spend time, to realign.
Try not to focus on breathing so much, but let it happen naturally
MAYO CLINIC REVIEWS TAI CHI FOR LOW BACK PAIN, NECK PAIN, HEADACHE/MIGRAINE, KNEE, FIBROMYALSIA,
MEDICAL RESEARCH, CLICK HERE: US National Library of Medicine: Tai chi mind-body treatment results in similar or greater improvement in symptoms than aerobic exercise
VIDEO: Bruce Frantzis best explains my approach to enjoying and reaping the health benefits from tai chi! Many classes teach you the moves, but I instruct 'how tai chi feels'!