Gotham Acupuncture

Qi Gong
A substantial portion of Chinese medicine, including Tui Na and acupuncture, developed or matured on battle fields or in martial arts schools to treat injury. It is logical then that the study of combat skills would also include a system of exercises to address rehabilitation of injury as well as health maintenance. Some systems of Qi Gong include sets of a dozen or more exercises which grew out of specific styles of China’s martial arts, while others have been developed to stand alone as an investment in health and can consist of several different sets of what amount to literally hundreds of different movements. This is rarely practical for patients…

The Qi Gong I teach in my clinic is a result of training in martial arts, and of interning with master practitioners of Chinese medicine who are also experienced or master martial artists. Thus certain exercises will concentrate on the back, others on the shoulder, or the hip, or the ankle, etc. While some movements may strengthen the connective tissue of a torn rotator cuff, others are specific to opening tight joints or relaxing muscles which are habitually tense. Still others help to relax the tense neck muscles of asthmatics, or are meant to warm the lower body and move stasis for dysmenorrhea patients. If I know a set of movements which I think can help you, you can expect to leave the clinic with 2-3 simple exercises specific to your injury or condition.

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