Tai
chi tegen spanningshoofdpijnen.*
Volgens een Amerikaans onderzoek naar een traditionele Chinese manier van oefenen, Tai chi blijkt dat na 15 weken oefenen spanningshoofdpijnen fors verminderd zijn. Niet alleen de hoofdpijnen waren duidelijk minder maar de mensen hadden ook meer energie en een verbeterde geestelijke gezondheid en functioneerden sociaal beter.
Tai
Chi may help alleviate tension headaches
FINDINGS
: Researchers found that Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese low-impact mind-body
exercise, provided significant health benefits for adults suffering from tension
headaches
Compared
with a control group, patients who participated in a 15-week Tai Chi program
were helped not only with headache pain, but also perceived improvement in other
areas, reporting increased energy, emotional well-being, social functioning and
improved mental health.
IMPACT:
According to researchers, Tai Chi's emphasis on relaxation, breathing and
coordination may address stress, the underlying cause of the pain associated
with tension headaches. The patients who participated in the Tai Chi program
showed improvement on a quality-of-life based measurement called SF-36 and also
on a test called HIT-6TM designed to capture the effect of headaches.
AUTHORS:
Ryan B. Abbott, M.T.O.M, L.Ac., UCLA Center for East-West Medicine and Dr.
Ka-Kit Hui, Wallis Annenberg Professor in Integrative East-West Medicine and
director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine are available for interviews.
FUNDING:
The study was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and various
foundations.
JOURNAL: The research appears in the journal, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM). (Mei 2007)