Chronic Pain and Qi Gong 18 Style

When I lived in Denver, I taught Qi Gong 18 Style to patients with Chronic Pain at Kaiser Permanente. Class size was limited to 12 participants. The class met once a week for a two hour session over six weeks. 

I knew what to expect…I knew the patients would improve.  What I didn’t expect was the response many of the patients had. After just one class, participants reported how much better they were sleeping, the pain had diminished, and they simply felt better. By the end of the six weeks every participant had improved. The Chronic Pain they were living with had lessened — the result we all liked.

The results were of varying degrees, however everyone reported reduced pain. These participants had been in the Kaiser Permanente health system for months, some for years and had tried everything offered. Qi Gong 18 Style was their last resort. It Worked.

The Health Education Specialist at Kaiser Permanente had this to say when I moved to Arizona:

“Mr. McDonnell is one I may recommend with complete confidence. He did so much to increase our Chronic Pain Self Management program for our Kaiser Permanente members. He has earned the confidence of all his students and instructors. His enthusiastic hard work will be  sorely missed here.”

Qi Gong 18 Style works!

Energy spent: Qi Gong 18 Style compared to Yoga

Today I measured the energy I spent while doing my Qi Gong 18 style Ritual and my Hatha Yoga Practice.

I wear an Apple Watch which allows me to measure and record my activity during the day. I can even measure various exercises which I do,  mostly because I can. For a long time I would open the app and begin my Qi Gong 18 Style Ritual then go directly into my Hatha Yoga Practice. This week I was inspired to separate them and measure the energy spent during each one. The outcome was a Surprise to me. 

The Surprise was that 22 minutes of Qi Gong 18 Style (the simple, slow moving ritual that most people wonder if it is even doing anything) burned almost the same number of calories as the 22 minutes of Hatha Yoga (a practice that leaves you feeling as if you had more of a work out). I was not expecting this result. Having practiced both Qi gong 18 Style and Hatha Yoga for the past 25 years, I always felt the Yoga was far more intense than Qi Gong 18 Style. Fooled Me!!!!!  

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