{"id":1428,"date":"2009-06-19T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T20:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2009-06-19T15:58:03","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T20:58:03","slug":"nursing-home-residents-could-benefit-from-seated-tai-chi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2009\/06\/nursing-home-residents-could-benefit-from-seated-tai-chi\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing home residents could benefit from seated Tai chi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UTC professor who has developed a wheelchair form of Tai chi wants to introduce this gentle form of physical exercise to residents of local nursing homes.\u00a0 Tai chi is one of the ancient Chinese martial arts.<!--more--><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2009\/06\/taichi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" data-attachment-id=\"1436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2009\/06\/nursing-home-residents-could-benefit-from-seated-tai-chi\/taichi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/\/var\/www\/html\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/\/2009\/06\/taichi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"350,263\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tai chi photograph\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tai chi photograph&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/\/var\/www\/html\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/\/2009\/06\/taichi.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1436\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2009\/06\/taichi.jpg\" alt=\"Tai chi photograph\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>\n<p>Dr. Zibin Guo, a medical anthropologist and head of the UT Chattanooga Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography, partnered with the Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on Aging last month to offer a workshop.\u00a0 Nearly 60 nursing home employees learned the basic moves of wheelchair Tai chi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWheelchair tai chi is one of the simplest ways for people who use wheelchairs to improve their physical and mental health,\u201d Guo said.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Witt, director of the Area Agency on Aging, said individuals who work with senior citizens are excited to introduce seated Tai chi to nursing home residents.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Siskin Hospital medical personnel and other UT Chattanooga faculty members, Guo has conducted research to explore the potential benefits of practicing a simple seated Tai chi program for people with ambulatory disability resulting from health problems or injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Guo is currently featured in the spring edition of \u201cT\u2019ai Chi\u201d magazine for demonstrating his \u201cThirteen Moves of Wheelchair Taijiquan Form\u201d in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. His work was also featured in \u201cPeople with Disabilities,\u201d the only magazine for readers with disabilities in China and the websites of National Public Radio (NPR), ModernHealthcare.com, and the <em>Tennessean<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UTC professor who has developed a wheelchair form of Tai chi wants to introduce this gentle form of physical exercise to residents of local nursing homes.\u00a0 Tai chi is one of the ancient Chinese martial arts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2009\/06\/nursing-home-residents-could-benefit-from-seated-tai-chi\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","7":"category-community","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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