Search online for a health problem and you’ll find a specific fix: one stretch for back pain, one food for high blood pressure, one exercise for a stiff knee. It’s how most health advice works, and it’s the model I worked inside for years as a chiropractor before I walked away from that profession entirely.
Silk Reeling and Joint Health: What 57 Years of Practice Reveals
In 35 years of chiropractic practice, joint health was central to almost everything I treated. Backs, knees, hips, shoulders, necks, the joints of the spine and extremities were where my patients’ pain lived and where my clinical attention was focused daily. I learned a great deal about joints through that work, about how they fail,
Wuji for Stress and Anxiety: The Standing Practice That Resets the Nervous System
Stress management is one of the most crowded categories in wellness. There are apps, breathing techniques, supplements, therapy modalities, exercise protocols, and an endless supply of advice about what to do when anxiety rises or stress accumulates. Most of it has some value. Most of it also misses the central problem. The central problem is
Wuji for Chronic Pain: What Standing Still Can Do That Movement Cannot
Chronic pain is one of the most difficult conditions I encountered in clinical practice, not because it is the most severe, but because it is the most persistent. Acute pain has a cause, a timeline, and usually a resolution. Chronic pain has often outlasted its original cause entirely. The tissue has healed. The injury is
Tai Chi for Knee Pain: A Chiropractor’s 57-Year Perspective
The knee is the most commonly injured joint in the human body. It is also the joint most frequently cited as a reason not to practice Tai Chi, which is one of the great ironies I have encountered in clinical practice. People with knee pain avoid the one practice most likely to help them because
Tai Chi for Balance and Fall Prevention: What the Research and 50+ Years of Practice Show
In 35 years of chiropractic practice, fall-related injuries were among the most serious cases I saw. Not always because of the physical damage, though hip fractures in older adults are genuinely life-altering, but because of what happens after. A fall produces fear. Fear produces guarded movement. Guarded movement reduces the proprioceptive feedback the nervous system
Tai Chi for High Blood Pressure: What 57 Years of Practice Taught Me
I have been a chiropractor for 35 years. During that time I have seen thousands of patients, and the number of them who were managing high blood pressure, who were on medication for it, who had been told to watch it and come back in three months, is extraordinary. It is one of the most
Tai Chi for Back Pain: The Complete Guide by Dr. Bob Bacher
Back pain is the most common reason people seek medical care in the world. It is also one of the conditions that responds most consistently and dramatically to the regular practice of Chen style tai chi. In 35 years of chiropractic practice, I prescribed tai chi to more patients with back pain than any other
The Complete Guide to Tai Chi for Health
People ask me what Tai Chi is good for. I find it easier to answer what it is not good for, because after 57 years of daily practice and 35 years as a board-certified chiropractor using Tai Chi as therapy with every patient I treated, I have not found that answer yet. This guide is
Tai Chi: Cleaning the Clutter
Tai Chi: “Cleaning the Clutter” When the term “tai chi” is mentioned, everyone talks about how wonderful it is for improving balance for the elderly, restoring mobility to painful arthritic joints, raising energy levels, and cultivating deep relaxation of body and mind. In this article, we will dive deeper into tai chi’s benefits and its