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Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

1-14-2026

Abstract

Tai Chi Chuan is a kind of Neijia Quanshu for Wushu. Swing force is the fundamental guarantee for its implementation of bringing in and losing balance, taking advantage of aggressiveness, and controlling Yang with Yin to defeat opponents. Based on the analysis of Tai Chi Chuan's swing force, this paper explores its value in maintaining, enhancing, and improving the spine function, establishing and improving Tai Chi Chuan's theory system of health care for the spine. Method: To interpret Tai Chi Chuan's swinging force in three dimensions: up and down, back and forth, left and right, and comprehensively analyze its maintenance and improvement of the normal physiological function of the spine from the perspective of health preservation. Tai Chi Chuan's swing force is a reciprocating motion by linking up segments with Dantian as the core, which acts downwards on the ground through the lower body and then passes up to the top of the head through the spine of the middle body, and then drives the upper body. When Tai Chi Chuan swings to exert force, linking up segments of the middle body depends on the movement of the spine, which has a health effect. Mainly manifested in: 1. When swinging, a line is required between the top of the head, the tail end, and the bottom of the foot, which helps to maintain the median and S curves of the spine and the firmness between joints; 2. When the swinging force is exerted, the internal movement of the spine runs through pulling the tendons of the spine, and then bringing the swells onto the peripheral muscles, which not only makes the spine movable, but also conducts the spines in turn, thus improving the motion function of the spine 3. The continuity of the spine is helpful to strengthen Qi and blood circulation of the Du meridian, Ren meridian, and connected meridians, thus enhancing the physiological function of the spine 4. When the swing force is exerted, the movement of the spine can promote the treatment and rehabilitation of spinal-related diseases. Tai Chi Chuan's swinging force has a good health effect on preserving, maintaining, and improving the normal physiological function of the spine, promoting the treatment and rehabilitation of spinal-related diseases, and preventing the occurrence of various spinal diseases.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18122/ijpah.5.1.142.boisestate

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