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Respiratory Benefits & Tai Chi

HAWAII MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1992, VOL ID 51, ISSUE ID 8

Participants observed a "big increase in breathing capacity", a disappearance of backaches and neckaches, those with high blood pressure claimed a drop of 10 to 15 mm Hg systolic at rest, and all participants claimed to have more energy in their daily work.

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Allergies

Exercise Outdoors -- Even With Allergies

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/82/97503.htm?pagenumber=1

"Any exercise that involves a high degree of movement and significantly increases your respiratory rate could cause problems," says Chicago allergist Brian Smart, MD, spokesman for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI). . . . "Workouts that are a lot more" allergy friendly" include yoga, swimming, Tai Chi, . . . activities which don't involve a lot of huffing and puffing," says allergist Gillian Shepherd, MD, professor of medicine at Weil Medical College of Cornell University.

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