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Tai Chi for Arthritis (TCA)-12 lessons with Dr Lam - recommended by CDC (Scroll down to see the free first lesson)
In 1996, Dr Lam with a team of medical and tai chi experts created this safe and easy to learn program. Medical studies confirm Tai Chi for Arthritis relieves pain, reduces falls and improves quality of life, that is why the Arthritis organisations around the world advocate this program and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (www.CDC.gov) recommends it for fall prevention.
What is special about this DVD is that you will feel as though you are participating in Dr Lam’s class. After a brief introduction of what Tai Chi for Arthritis is and how this DVD can benefit you, Dr Lam will teach you with step-by-step instructions, lead you to practice and explain the reason behind every move. At the conclusion of the DVD Dr Lam will demonstrate the set from both front and back views. The unique music was composed with the rhythm and energy especially for this program!
It presents the entire program including warm up and cool down in a user friendly format. Dr Lam incorporates the tai chi principles to enhance your understanding and enjoyment.
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The original 6 language version (English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian and German) Please contact ServiceUSA@taichiproductions.com or call 906 217 2000 to order
Seated Tai Chi for Arthritis (6 lessons with Dr Lam). This modified seated version of Tai Chi for Arthritis can be enjoyed by anyone wishing to practice tai chi sitting down
Tai Chi for Arthritis 2 (6 lessons with Dr Lam). This sequel provides detailed instruction and an extra set of more challenging moves
Wall Charts (warm up and cool down, TCA and TCA2). These are large wall charts that have movements & descriptions and useful for students
134 Reviews
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great for Balance recovery post-stroke
Easy to follow and gentle. Best way I've found to help improve my balance and maintain it to live life at a higher level after having emergency neurosurgery for a brain hemorage. Easy and gentle when my other old exercise routines are still to rough for me. Gentle but is clearly improving my strength and especially improving my balance over the month. Seems too easy to yield such good results. Marvelous!
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Awesome!
I am so impressed with the quality and clarity of instruction that Dr. Lam offers in his videos! Thanks to Dr. Lam's method of teaching I am learning the Tai Chi for Arthritis program through these DVDs easily and confidently. For anyone who desires to learn Tai Chi I highly recommend starting their journey with these DVDs.
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learning from a Master
This is an excellent DVD and I will use it in my upcoming classes. What a joy to see a master using the teaching techniques he has described in Teaching Tai Chi Effectively, a gift for many years to come.
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GRATEFUL
Grateful is the best description I can give for this program. Having over the past year lost a good deal of my mobility and range of motion due to arthritis I was seeking a routine that I would be able to do, realizing the least active I was the worse I was going to get. Dr Lam is very clear in his instruction both verbally and by demonstration. His reassurance that Tai Chi is not to be accomplished quickly but is best when time is taken gives me the confidence to continue. He also is very encouraging to go at what you, the individual, are able to do. After I complete a lesson I feel that I have actually acomplished something, rather than beating myself up for not being able to "do it like a master". This program has helped significantly with my balance, coordination, range of motion, decrease in pain and ability to just slow my life down and enjoy it! I would highly recommend this program to anyone looking for a way to improve thier life. THANK YOU DR PAUL LAM!!!
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Clear and easy to follow
I usually avoid instructional DVDs as they are often difficult to follow and audio problems are common. I've been wanting to learn Tai Chi for a long time, but there aren't really any class options in my area and with my osteoarthritis forcing me to set aside my high intensity exercises, I stumbled across Dr Lam's DVDs and decided to give them a try. I find the instruction clear and precise. I really like how he shows each movement bit by bit, and the more challenging movements are show from the side as well as both front and back. His Beginner DVDs are meant for a true beginner audience, no assumptions are made of a prior foundation and that has been the perfect approach. I'm still working my way through the Arthritis DVDs and can already tell that my movements are becoming smoother - both when I practice and outside.
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Video
Very easy to follow. Wonderful instruction.
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Excellent lessons
I am a Tai Chi beginner and have been taking a class that's based on Dr. Lam's teaching. My teacher lent me this video to help me practice at home, and I love it so much that I bought my own copy. Each lesson is self-contained; I love doing the warmup and cooldown, along with the forms, and listening to Dr. Lam's message in each lesson. It's perfect for me--about a half hour each, with just the right amount taught to progress a littler further each time. Even though I've now learned the form, I plan to keep and review this video many times--it helps to have Dr. Lam as a role model in terms of both his movements and his demeanor.
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great tai chi instructional video
I have tried other tai chi videos and had to give up because they were very difficult to follow. This video is exceptionally done. poses are shown from different angles, and are done several times. Highly recommend this.
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Participants Are Practicing
Eleven participants out of 13 in one of my classes, wanted this video-TCA, so I ordered for them. They each enjoy and appreciate using their individual copies to practice between classes. I recommend this video to my TCA classes. I, personally, use it to practice the lesson I intend to teach before each class, weekly. I find it to be highly valuable. My participants get together and use it to practice between classes. They are enthusiastic about Tai Chi for Arthritis. So many participants are experiencing miraculous healing experiences from their practice. We all say a hearty, New England THANK YOU DR. LAM..