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Types of Complementary Therapies

By Cancer.net — 2021

When you discuss a complementary therapy with your health care team and they agree that it is safe to try as part of your overall cancer care, this is called “integrative medicine.”

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Complementary Therapies for Pain

Complementary therapies can be used to help with pain. These methods draw your attention away from the pain and release muscle tension caused by pain.

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Canadian Cancer Society
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Tai Chi: A Gentle Way to Fight Stress

Tai chi helps reduce stress and anxiety. And it also helps increase flexibility and balance.

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Mayo Clinic Staff
2021
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The Physical and Psychological Benefits of T’ai Chi Ch’uan

Many of us hold a perception of T'ai Chi Ch'uan as a slow and gentle series of movements done by old folks in the park. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Michael J. Formica
2010
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An Invitation to Live: Insights from an Older, Long-Term Practitioner of Tai Chi

Hundreds of randomized controlled studies have documented the effectiveness of Tai Chi (TC) to alleviate symptoms from varied medical conditions.

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Karen Kilgore
2019
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Nurturing Body and Mind: Program Aims to Bring Tai Chi to Older Adults

For more than 300 years, people in China have practiced the ancient art of Taijiquan, more commonly known in the West as Tai Chi.

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Jean Van Ryzin
2006
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Why Does T’ai Chi Help Relieve Stress?

Practicing t’ai chi can improve our moods, as well as lessen the effects of depression and anxiety.

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The University of Kansas Health System
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The Health Benefits of Tai Chi

This gentle form of exercise can help maintain strength, flexibility, and balance, and could be the perfect activity for the rest of your life.

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Harvard Health Publishing
2009
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A Downside to Tai Chi? None That I See

The graceful, dancelike progression of meditative poses called tai chi originated in ancient China as a martial art, but the exercise is best known in modern times as a route to reduced stress and enhanced health.

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Jane E. Brody
2010
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T’ai Chi Has Many Benefits for Frail Older Adults

It’s no longer an ancient Chinese secret. A University of Missouri-Columbia researcher is putting a new spin on an old exercise and the outcome has many benefits for frail older adults.

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News-Medical.Net
2005
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