T’ai Chi Chih on television

Thanks to the work of Dr. Tahir Bhatti, CBS Morning News recently did a small clip on T’ai Chi Chih.

Two years ago Dr. Bhatti was given a grant to study the effects of T’ai Chi Chih on chronic lower back pain. The results were indeed favorable and showed that T’ai Chi Chih did cause a significant drop in the pain level of those who were a part of the study.

An exercise physiologist who has a program on the CBS Morning News read about the study and was very intrigued, so she called Dr. Bhatti and made a plan to come to San Diego. She interviewed Dr. Bhatti and Susan Patterson, who was the instructor for the study, and also filmed a class. The filming was a 4-hour process and the actual clip that was on the morning news was only 3 minutes. However, that little 3 minute segment interested about 650 people who called from all over the country looking for T’ai Chi Chih instructors. Just goes to show that a little can go a long way.

– Susan Patterson