Thursday, May 23, 2013

Tai Chi Helps Ovarian Cancer Patients in Mt. Lebanon


David Clippinger, 45, goes by many titles in Mt. Lebanon:
  • Author
  • Professor
  • Lecturer
  • Tai Chi and Chi Kung Master
  • Owner of Still Mountain, a tai chi school
  • Buddhist monk
  • Buddhist priest

With all of this, Clippinger uses his knowledge and talents to help women with ovarian cancer through tai chi. He believes that there are health benefits linked to practicing tai chi, which includes a lowering of blood pressure and an increased healing rate for cancer patients who’ve undergone radiation and chemotherapy treatments.

In 2005, he was the keynote speaker for the National Ovarian Cancer Symposium when it was held in Pittsburgh. He serves as a wellness program consultant for a number of organizations and corporations, including the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has also staged therapeutic workshops in chi kung and tai chi at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, the Cancer Caring Center, Gilda’s Club of Western Pennsylvania, the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Family Weekend, The Dean Ornish Program at Allegheny General, the Healing Weekend Retreat for Persons for HIV/AIDS, and the Shepherd Wellness Community Center.


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