How Taichi helps strengthening of the bones.
Submitted by newagetaichi on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 17:19.
Explain how Taichi helps in the strengthening of the bones.
Taichi provides a good form of weight bearing exercise, since it emphasizes a lot on the weight transfer of the body natural weight against gravity. In Taichi, you perform a series of slow, rhythmic and graceful controlled body movements while your body remains erect and anatomically aligned.
By doing so, we activate the agonist/ antagonist/ synergist muscles in the correct firing sequence to support body mass in the direction of gravity. Muscle operating eccentrically create stress on the bone; the phenomenon of resistance training.