The history of physical therapy

As early as thousands of years ago, sports have been widely used as one of the important means of fitness and disease prevention in China. In Zhuangzi, he deliberately advocated "spitting out the old and absorbing the new" and "Xiong Jing Wu Shen", saying that health preservation and anti-aging should pay attention to breathing exercise, constantly exhaling carbon dioxide and inhaling fresh oxygen; It is also suitable for bionic sports, simulating the suspension of a bear climbing pole, such as spreading its wings and stretching its body. Sun Simiao, a great doctor and drug king in China who lived to 65,438+0,065,438+0 years old in the Tang Dynasty, had a deep understanding and feeling. He believes that exercise can "eliminate all diseases, nourish and prolong life, keep eyes bright and healthy, and stop fatigue". As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people used introduction (that is, health gymnastics) to prevent and treat diseases. Later, there were Wuqinxi (gymnastics imitating the movements of tigers, deer, apes, bears and birds), Tai Ji Chuan and Baduanjin. As a physical activity to strengthen the body and drive away diseases. These sports activities became an effective means for ancient working people to prevent and treat diseases. With the development of the times and the application of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, medical sports have also developed by leaps and bounds.

/kloc-Voltaire, a French enlightenment thinker in the 0/8th century, put it well: "Life lies in movement." This is the basic law of life science. Proper physical exercise can not only enhance physical fitness, but also help cancer patients recover as soon as possible.

After various treatments (such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy), cancer patients are generally weak, and a considerable number of them are complicated with various sequelae. In order to promote patients to recover as soon as possible, it is very important to adhere to planned and purposeful physical exercise in addition to strengthening nutrition and other treatments. According to modern medical research and clinical observation data, China ancient people created various exercise methods, such as traditional guidance, Wuqinxi, Baduanjin, Tai Ji Chuan, Yijinjing, gymnastics, jogging and so on. , can make patients full of confidence in life, relieve the original symptoms, prolong the survival of cancer patients, and has a good adjuvant treatment effect.