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The doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Murcia by Jesus Carrillo has proven Vigueras martial arts Taijiquan (Tai Chi) and Qigong are ways to manage stress in the short and medium term, and the continuity at the time of its positive effects on mental health.

During the investigation, a total of 458 public employees, chosen for their high level of work stress, were subjected to a treatment of theoretical and practical training of one month based on these techniques, after which workers experienced a substantial improvement psychological health and adequate control of perceived stress, returning to healthy population figures.

In addition, participants who did a second treatment started from a stress level below the two points that were his peers, confirming the permanence of the effects observed in the first intervention.

The study, led by Professors Maria Dolores Flores Bienert, Gregorio and Manuel Vicente Gómez López Nicolás, states in its conclusions the high level of stress they are under public employees in their jobs and that the lower prevalence among workers with healthy lifestyles.

It was also found that women feel more stress than men and that this affects them more, not by gender but by the continuity of work at home.

Another remarkable aspect of the research is that people usually did not perform any physical activity discovered these techniques and felt the beneficial results of the same.

As a way to prevent spending on medical intervention, also dissertation defends the use of Tai Chi and Qigong stress as a preventive strategy, which is described in the study as one of the most established psychosocial illness in the western world and responsible a multitude of health problems.

The author indicates that the preference for this physical activity over other is due to the "special characteristics in the use of breathing, also because it can be performed alone or in company anywhere, does not require specific equipment, the benefits obtained outweigh the risks in the execution, there is competition among practitioners, the activity is oriented to leisure and recreation and, finally, is a time of relaxation and mental disconnect ".

Source: Universidad de Murcia