Introduction Edna, 74, has lived with peripheral neuropathy in her feet for six years. She describes the sensation as walking on two friendly blocks of wood: her feet are there, they work, but they stopped sending reports upstairs. When she asked about returning to the tai chi sword practice she loved, her physical therapist did … Read more
Introduction Elaine, 66, had been one of my most dedicated students when vertigo arrived uninvited. A viral inner ear infection left her world tilting without warning, and even after the infection cleared, the dizziness lingered. “My doctor calls it residual imbalance,” she told me. “She says I should do balance retraining. Can tai chi sword … Read more
My Balance Was Failing — Until I Added a Sword Three years ago, I watched my mother nearly fall on her morning walk. She caught herself on a mailbox, but her hands shook for ten minutes. That week, her physical therapist recommended Tai Chi. She tried it. Then she tried it with a sword. The … Read more