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Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance
A falls-prevention program built from tai chi, tested in trials and run by trained instructors in community settings.
How big it got
A tradition, tested like a medicine.
fewer falls than stretching, in a trial of 670 adults aged 70 and over.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine (2018)fewer falls than a multimodal exercise program, in the same trial.
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine (2018)What they did differently (our reading)
Turn a tradition into a protocol.
Researchers fixed the moves, the dose and how instructors are trained, then tested the program in trials. That is what lets health systems recommend it and community groups run it the same way everywhere.
Your turn
Could Ruesi Dadton or Muay Thai become a tested falls-prevention program?
- A fixed Thai movement protocol, tested against usual exercise
- Instructor training for village health volunteers
- Licensing the program to care homes across ASEAN and Japan
These ideas are ours, to get you started.
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What weekly habit could get a whole Thai neighborhood moving?Radio Taiso
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