Welcome to the Not Old Better Show. I'm host Paul Vogel Zang and this is episode

number 285. Today's show is part of our Fitness Friday series and it's another great one in our Fitness Friday

programs.

We've got an important story about the value of Tai Chi, which has a profound effect on the

brain, balance, well-being, and blood pressure.

As all of us in the not-old better audience know today,

as we age, we benefit from movement in Tai Chi,

the ancient Chinese martial art offers classic low impact

and slow motion exercises.

With relaxing music playing in the background, students in Tai Chi classes shift their weight from one leg to the

other, turn their waists and rotate their arms to develop balance and calm.

While Tai Chi may offer senior practitioners inner peace, scientists

also value it for its fundamental physical benefits, in addition to improving

balance, flexibility, relaxation, and mental agility, it

also reduces falls, the largest preventable cause of death and injury among older

adults. One way to help the aging have

long and vital lives, researchers say, is to help protect them from injuries or

worse. Plus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

one in three older adults falls dangerously each year. In 2017, about 27,000 older adults died from Falls.

More than 2.8 million were treated in emergency rooms,

and 800,000 were hospitalized.

Falls are the leading cause of death among adults over 65

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