The benefits of playing Tai Ji Chuan mainly include the following self-cultivation functions. Playing Tai Ji Chuan can fully feel your body and enhance your endurance and willpower. It has a good curative effect on lumbar disc herniation, and also has a lot of exercise effect on the waist. It can also improve the flexibility of the body, enhance skeletal muscle and flexibility, and has a good effect on many chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. It can tonify qi and blood, dredge channels and collaterals, and has a good stretching effect on bones and muscles.
Due to the natural aging of bones and muscles, people's risk of falling after the age of 50 is obviously increased, which is likely to lead to fractures of hip bones and other parts. Often practicing Tai Chi can improve the balance of the body, strengthen the muscle strength of the legs, and then prevent falling. Many studies have found that practicing Tai Chi for 65,438+0 years can reduce the risk of falling by 43%.
Australian researchers have found that middle-aged people and obese people often practice Tai Ji Chuan, which can improve body mass index, reduce abdominal fat and regulate blood sugar. American scientists found that practicing Tai Chi 1 hour can consume 280 kilocalories. Therefore, Tai Ji Chuan is also called weight-loss exercise without sweating.
Being strong after 50 helps the elderly to take care of themselves. According to the research of Harvard University, long-term practice of Tai Ji Chuan can strengthen the body and gain various benefits of strength training. It is worth noting that practicing Tai Chi is also good for joints and helps to stay away from joint pain.
A new study published in the Journal of American Heart Association found that after six months of practicing Tai Ji Chuan, patients with coronary heart disease had significantly improved their physical activity, healthier weight and improved their overall quality of life. Many studies show that practicing Tai Ji Chuan can lower blood pressure, regulate blood sugar and lower cholesterol.
British sports medicine reports that practicing Tai Chi can effectively improve the physical function of middle-aged and elderly people, and gentle Tai Chi exercise can effectively stretch different muscles of the whole body, promote blood circulation and flexibility of the body, and relieve joint and back pain.