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Tai Chi Practicing with multiple sclerosis or limited mobility
photo credit: Steve Snodgrass
Recently, we’ve been discussing how to adapt Tai Chi and Qigong for people with multiple sclerosis or other forms of limited mobility. But it’s more than just for those with limitations. This discussion gets to the central issue of true Chi Development.
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Practicing with multiple sclerosis or limited mobility <— Click here
ps, this is my story,
This topic is very dear to my heart. Practicing Tai Chi for those with disabilities, such as MS (multiple sclerosis). My husband was diagnosed with MS within the first 5 years of our marriage, and MS took away from his body, little by little, for the next 30 years, until it took all it could, including his wonderful mind, 3 years ago.
MS does not affect everyone the same way. There are different types of MS, they all behave differentlty. I have known 4 people with MS personally.
1 - A friend got an attack (in her 20′s), was hospitalized and then it went away, forever. I know this type of MS is common. Thank God, because this type of MS goes away again. And stays away.
2 – The type that hits you quickly and basically debilitates you, but then it goes away again, but comes back for another attack and so on.
3 – I know of 2 people that in their late 20′s got MS, and went downhill very fast. One was a friend of ours, the other a teacher of mine. They became fully disabled within a short time. My teacher graduated University, started his job, and within a few years became totally disabled. This type, as most types, often hit in the prime of life.
4 – My husband’s MS snuck up on him. It started slowly, the specialist doctors didn’t even know what it was, and as always, when they don’t understand it, said it was in his head. But, then, as time went on, he got more and more symptoms. Finally, he was officially diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic.
He didn’t really have any major attacks, but instead, his MS just took little by little, year after year. It was relentless, unforgiving. And in the end, totally devastating. If it had a face, it would be laughing back at us, totally satisfied at it’s devastation.
Apparently, MS is also the only neurological disease (so I was told) that could also repair itself. Hence, some people have attacks, and then get recovered again.
My husband’s loss of “self” went slowly. It took years for him to progress from walking stick, to a real cane, to a walker, to a wheel chair, and then to be house bound, and then, for the last 10 years bed bound….
It’s a long intro, I know. But I wish I would have known about this while he would have been able to do the Tai Chi Work Outs.
Check it out:
Practicing with multiple sclerosis or limited mobility <— Click here
Practicing with multiple sclerosis or limited mobility <— Click here
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 4:32 pm by admin · Permalink
In: Feature, Qigong, Tai Chi Benefits · Tagged with: tai chi for disabled, tai chi for multiple sclerosis
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