How to Relieve Knee Pain with One Simple Exercise; Tai Chi and Qigong Movement

Learn how to relieve knee pain with one simple Tai Chi and Qigong exercise; Create Song in your joints, build Qi and Get rid of Your knee pain.
Tai Chi and Qigong are an incredibly powerful exercise for decreasing knee pain whether your knee pain is knee arthritis, an acute knee injury, or a chronic knee injury. By engaging in this simple Tai Chi and Qigong exercise, you will “song” the joints which is a Chinese medicine technique for opening your knee joint and all joints in your body for improved body mechanics, a gentle and subtle knee stretch, and to increase the flow of Qi, which is life energy and has healing properties. This technique to relieve knee pain is unique and is not the usual treatment you would receive in physical therapy. While Susan Thompson is an Occupational Therapist, she takes a different approach to bringing about healing in your body. This Qigong and Tai Chi exercise is mostly using your mind instead of a physical therapy exercise or overt stretch for the knee.

You can do this exercise for knee pain at home, or anywhere. Even standing in line somewhere! If you want one simple knee pain remedy, this simple Tai Chi and Qigong exercise can and will help to relieve your pain and can be done for any joint pain in your body, whether arthritis or injury related. Creating Song in the joints is one of many Tai Chi benefits. Do this Tai Chi and Qigong “song” exercise a few seconds a day. Do not be mislead by its simplicity! Circulate your Qi energy and begin healing today!

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DISCLOSURE: All of the Tai Chi and Qigong exercises, forms and movements offered are usually gentle and safe. However, please consult with your physician prior to starting any new exercise program. Always move within comfort and never into pain. Listen to your body!

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[Javaid-Success-Coach]

I love you and your channel for taking the time to explain Tia Chi in a simple language that makes sense to the average person like me because most of my life I have practised hard exercises and now with age I have injuries and pain so with your instruction I am learning how to use my body properly with ease and the pains are disappearing. Thanks

[pkchan]

Susan, I am so happy to be able to find your channel. Thank you so much for your kind teaching. I have been practising Tai Chi just by watching the youtube videos from different teachers and therefore I am not getting the fundamental. I feel that I have used too much hard strength on my right knee when shifting weight. Hence, I felt some stinging pain some time if I move slowly by stepping with my right leg. If you could make a video on things that most people make mistakes in when learning Tai Chi, that would be very helpful. Thank you.

[rosemarymoore]

It worked first go! Thank you so much Susan! I am impressed!

[annadonegan]

Thank you i will repeat this daily at least twice a day.

[chin-leechan]

Thank you for this lesson which will be helpful to two of my friends who have knee pain!!

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[CoachCam]

Thank you, I love your energy and authenticity with these videos, so easy to follow along and connect with what you are teaching! <3

[martinwilke]

Thankyou, just what I have been looking for

[KeithRanney]

Behold! A proprioceptive, self sensing, self organizing soma! Wonderful demonstration and explanation. You've expanded my mind and joints. 😍Thank you.

[patriciamartin]

An interesting exercise . I love visualising

[eaglelight]

Dear Susan, so rarely do teachers teach this. Thank you. I want to ask, can you teach a tai chi exercise for the brain and eyes? Specifically related to brain trauma from emotional abuse that is affecting eye and also anxiety present? It’s an odd question, but I feel tai chi at more advanced levels can address more subtle things?

[summer]

Thanks. It would be good if the explanation is accompanied by some graphics or visuals at each step.

[christinetin]

Hello teacher. Your videos are very useful.. if cartilage is used up. Can tai chi regenerate it

[Phyllygirl]

I enjoyed this and would like to see a foot neuropathy video. Thank you.

[jjrein]

Thanks for your wonderful video! As a fellow OT and qigong/ tai chi practitioner, your exercise for using the mind to guide Qi for healing pain at the knee and other leg joints is a great practical application. Plus I found the graphics helpful. The healing powers of the mind and Qi focused together can become like a gift available to anyone interested in learning through repeated practice. For those not familiar with internal energy, I wonder if additional information about Qi / Chi and breathing might enhance others' understanding? Namaste!

[ProbirGupta-vs]

I found it effective for knee pain. Thank you. However, I would like to know the length of time of being seated on the imaginary chair for each of the 6 stages of the mind traveling.

[pkchan]

Today, after practising my daily sitting meditation on the breath in the morning for about an hour, I always feel some pain on my knee. I tried this technique and directing my mind to the knee and imagining that the knee is expanding. I was amazed, not only that the pain gradually disappeared, my mind was actually expanding at the same time and naturally my hands and chest were opening up as well. I rested in that state for about 10 min and then I contracted the energy back to the Dan Tian, slowly, I felt the pain from the knee returning. Do you know of a technique to elevate pain from the knee after a long duration of seating meditation cause I still would like to continue with my meditation subject?

[asingingtree]

What if we've had knee replacement surgery but still feel pain above the knee?

[debasisbanerjee]

Nothing is understandable from your posture what sorts stretching you are doing.