Tension Headaches? Try Tai Chi

Chinese Medicine News reports in a UCLA study of nearly 50 people with tension headaches who practiced biweekly sessions of Tai Chi, Tai Chi reduced their tension headache pain.

Participants were instructed in the classical short "Yang" form, which has 24 standardized movements and is the most widely-practiced style of Tai Chi.

More than 100 million people practice Tai Chi everyday, in China alone. It is a form of Chinese exercise that is suitable for everybody because it is low-impact.

Wonder why lots of senior engage? Because hundreds of studies show that Tai Chi improves balance, musculoskeletal conditions, lowers hypertension, enhances cardiovascular and respiratory function, and endocrine and immune functioning.

Headache pain may not always be not the result of an underlying disease. So It's OK to treat it naturally, with this mind-body exercise.

The study also reported that is improved the way people felt about their mental or physical health.