Taichi can be used as a preventive health measure, as a way to maintain good health, or to help with a specific ailment. While Taichi cannot cure disease, it is often recommended as a complementary therapy to conventional treatment.

Specifically, Taichi can be used to help:

Arthritis:
Taichi cannot treat bone and cartilage damage caused by arthritis it can lessen the severity and pain of the disease when started early enough. It also helps strengthen the muscles surrounding an arthritic joint and improve flexibility. Taichi increases range of motion without causing pain.

Balance:
Research shows that practicing Taichi improves balance in older people and thus reduces the risk of falling, which is a major cause of death and disability in the elderly.

Circulation problems:
Taichi movement will enable the heart to pump more blood with each beat, thereby improving circulation.

High blood pressure:
A recent study done at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions revealed that Taichi lowered blood pressure almost as much as moderate-intensity aerobic exercise in older adults who had been sedentary.

Multiple sclerosis:
Preliminary studies suggest that Taichi helps people with Multiple Sclerosis to increase their physical functioning as well as their mental well-being.

Stress:
Taichi is as effective as meditation and walking for reducing the amount of stress hormones in the body.

Back/Neck Aches:
Taichi helps to relieve back and neck pains. The movements used in gyms as healing exercises are almost associated with Taichi. But unlike the other forms of exercises like yoga etc; Taichi involves a greater degree of movement. And unlike many types of aerobic exercise Taichi does not involve any jarring motions that create impact on the spine. It is a slow and deliberate, flowing movement of the body