How to Tai Chi Walk with Dr. Todd Martin

Learn how to Tai Chi Walk. Tai Chi has been found to be the most helpful exercise to prevent falls in the elderly. It teaches how to move fluidly, guided by the core. This video is an excerpt of a lesson on Tai Chi walking. Learning to Tai Chi walk is a fantastic exercise for balance and for learning to understand the core. It also helps strengthen the legs. Each movement of Tai Chi walking is guided by rotation of the spine by the abdominal core muscles and powered by the hips. This excerpt will focus on the hip actions. The full video addresses rotation of the thoracic spine and the lumbar spine.