Review Article
Mechanism of Pain Relief through Tai Chi and Qigong
| Rhoads CJ* | |
| Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Kutztown University, USA | |
| Corresponding Author : | Dr. CJ Rhoads Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration College of Business, Kutztown University, USA E-mail: rhoads@kutztown.edu |
| Received December 22, 2012; Accepted April 15, 2013; Published April 17, 2013 | |
| Citation: Rhoads CJ (2013) Mechanism of Pain Relief through Tai Chi and Qigong. J Pain Relief 2:115. doi: 10.4172/2167-0846.1000115 | |
| Copyright: © 2013 Rhoads CJ. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to outline the academic and medical evidence for Tai Chi and Qigong impact on pain, and describe the hypothesized mechanism that enables Tai chi and Qigong to work so well at relieving pain - often better than opioid pain medication, and with fewer side effects. This paper also describes a paradigm for research which will increase the likelihood that researchers doing projects in this field can synergize their efforts and start building a foundational body of knowledge rather than continue to do independent and disconnected studies on the phenomenon that enables Tai Chi and Qigong to work.
