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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – This study found yoga, tai chi and qigong use increased from 5.8 percent in 2002 to 14.5 percent in 2017 among U.S. adults.
Reasons for using yoga, tai chi and qigong included:
- Yoga, tai chi and qigong was beneficial,
- Yoga, tai chi and qigong focused on the whole person, and
- Yoga, tai chi and qigong was natural.
Acute and chronic pain, arthritis, and depression were the top 3 medical conditions for which people used yoga, tai chi and qigong the most. Researchers also found the prevalence of yoga, tai chi and qigong practice did not increase among current smokers and people who are underweight, and it even dropped among adults who do not have insurance. Only 6.6 percent of yoga, tai chi and qigong users were referred by their medical doctors, and approximately one third disclosed their use of yoga, tai chi and qigong to medical professionals.
Researchers concluded yoga, tai chi and qigong use is increasing substantially, mainly because of its natural and holistic healing approach toward health and chronic diseases.