While exercise is appropriate to repair injured limbs as well as reducing repetitive injuries, it is also designed to strengthen various functions, including breathing and digestion.
These exercises stem from Tai Qi and Daoist practises, while others may be familiar to many yoga students. Their origins date back many thousands of years. Some of them were utilized to repair and strengthen warriors, help women regain their energy and figure after childbirth and as a preventive and wellbeing aid.
Clinically, the use of certain exercises also helps the patient to understand the nature of a particular problem and often gives them the means to rectify the cause and prevent it from reoccurring, thereby giving them the knowledge on how to stay healthy.