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Study finds tai chi, mindfulness ease post-cancer fatigue and pain
Mind-body practices including tai chi and qigong reduced symptoms in cancer survivors experiencing ongoing distress after treatment.
What to know
- Mind-body therapies including tai chi, qigong, breathing exercises and meditation reduced fatigue, pain and sleep problems in cancer survivors after treatment completion.
- The study targeted patients who had finished primary cancer treatment but continued experiencing at least moderate psychological distress.
- Tai chi and qigong, which combine gentle movements with focused attention to breathing and body sensations, showed particular effectiveness.
“Tai-chi and qigong — an ancient Chinese mind-body practice that combines gentle, flowing movements with heightened attention to body sensations and breathing — also…”
Euronews, Health correspondent · Euronews ↗ · Sep 16
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“Breathing exercises, meditation and tai-chi and qigong practices reduced fatigue and pain in people with cancer who had completed their primary treatment but continued to experience at least moderate psychological distress.”
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first by News-Medical, 7d ago · also Mirage News, University of Calgary, Euronews, Yahoo News Australia, U.S. News & World Report
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- Mindfulness and tai chi practices ease sleep problems, fatigue and pain after cancer treatment University of Calgary · 7d ago
- For cancer survivors, tai chi can ease sleep problems, fatigue and pain, study finds Euronews · 7d ago
- Mindfulness, Tai Chi Can Ease Pain, Fatigue Among Cancer Survivors U.S. News & World Report · 1d ago
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