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margaret22251
margaret22251

My friend has suggested i try Tai Chi, as she said it is a good way to learn to releax, and as i did Karate before pred days, she said it would help so i thought here goes another day out.

Lovely weather so far here in West Yorkshire, 

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  • MrsO-UK_Surrey
    MrsO-UK_Surrey margaret22251

    Posted

    Margaret, it is an excellent exercise, especially if you can find a Tai Chi instructor who includes the Qi Gong element.  It worked well for me over a period of time, helping to restore my balance, and it seemed nothing short of miraculous when I suddenly found at one class that I could now raise my arms straight up above my head again.  Great weather here in the south east as well, but not quite as scorching as a couple of days ago, thank goodness.
    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 MrsO-UK_Surrey

      Posted

      Hello Mrs O, my friend said the instructor does Qi Gong but for mature students, but i will give it a go as i do a lot of walking, but not enough i think so this may help me.
    • lodgerUK_NE
      lodgerUK_NE margaret22251

      Posted

      As MrsO has said, you need an instructor who does Qi Gong.  We had such an instructor to a Support Group meeting and she explained that there are quite a few types of Tai Chai but Qi Gong was best for PMR people.
    • Oregonjohn-UK
      Oregonjohn-UK lodgerUK_NE

      Posted

      The Qi Gong movements are easier to learn and quite basic - you are quite right about best for PMR peaple.
    • MrsO-UK_Surrey
      MrsO-UK_Surrey Oregonjohn-UK

      Posted

      I agree about Qi Gong being easier to learn - Tai Chi can really test those little brain cells can't it!
  • Oregonjohn-UK
    Oregonjohn-UK margaret22251

    Posted

    Hi Margaret,  I also started Tai Chi recently and have found it very beneficial for gentle exercise and relaxing.  I was, in the dim and distant past, a member of the RAF Judo team so understand some of the concepts. If you check for a Dr Paul Lam, a physician from Australia, there are a number of DVD's aimed at various levels of fitness and disabilities, but it's not easy to learn without a local instructor.  Some of the basic Qi Gong are easy to learn and do.
    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 Oregonjohn-UK

      Posted

      Hi Oregonjohn, thanks my  friend thought this was good for me, as i loved doing Karate and miss it, so she this could be the next best thing. I will look up Dr Paul Lam, many thanks
    • Mrs.Mac-Canada
      Mrs.Mac-Canada Oregonjohn-UK

      Posted

      Hi John,  

      You can google Dr. Paul Lam and there are free videos on YouTube that you can review and follow along with if you like.  I know Qin Gong not Tai Chi but they seem very well done.

      Hugs, Diana🌸

  • judytal
    judytal margaret22251

    Posted

    Good morning everyone,  finally got up after several times waking up during the night !  But hey that's the way it goes.  Poor dogs needed to get out for their walk.....plus it's pouring rain!  

    Margaret, think Tia Chi is a great idea.  Go for it. Movement is always good in moderation.  Tried to clean the bathroom yesterday and had to rest 3 times...still not finished!  

  • Judygirl
    Judygirl margaret22251

    Posted

    Excellent choice, Tai Chi is very meditative also

    which is good for the psych.  Good luck.

    Whilst I'm on this site I wonder if anyone is having trouble with excessive

    bruising (not the right word because I don't hit anything).  It happens at

    night, a pain shoots down my leg and wakens me and I have a mass(ankle

    to knee sometimes, or blood blister l"x3/4") of blood under the skin.  It takes

    several weeks to go away only to recur in the same or other leg.  Twice I was

    told by a vascular doctor that it was due to prednisone and my reumy confirms

    this.  As I am now down to 3 or 4 mgs of prednisone daily I thought this would

    recify itself.   Thanks for any information on this.  Diagnosed Nov. 2013, took

    20mgs prednisone and got down to 10mgs quite well but from l0 it has been 

    a slow but successful journey except for this bleeding.  Thanks again.  Judy.

     

    • Oregonjohn-UK
      Oregonjohn-UK Judygirl

      Posted

      I've been told the same thing by my doctor - all down to the steroids. If I bruise myself or cut/scratch myself in the garden I get what looks like blood around the cut under the skin, it takes a while to heal and I have been looking if I have been beaten up!!  I'm at 8 mg.
    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 Judygirl

      Posted

      i have the same problem with my right leg, some pain then a bruise appears thought i had knocked it.
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