Every morning when I run in Beiyuan 2, I can see some old people playing Taijiquan. Their hair was white, their posture was athletic, they were moving around, independent on one foot, and although they were slow, their sense of balance and rhythm was very strong. The old people who have gone through the vicissitudes of life know that good health should be exercised more, especially the balance of movement of the limbs. The human body can move because of the interaction of bones and muscles, through complex linkage and leverage relationships, so that the center of gravity is properly adjusted and change, in accordance with the instructions issued by the brain, to make the corresponding physical changes. Walking alone requires a continuous, non-stop change in length of up to 200 muscles and bones throughout the body, which is an amazing, time-honored “gift of evolution”. Once a person suffers from an orthopedic disease and is unable to move actively, he or she will feel how sad it is to lose this “magical gift”. In fact, orthopedic diseases are very common in real life, from the neck and shoulder pains that are common among white-collar workers in sedentary offices, to the back and leg pains that are often complained about by elderly people who have worked hard all their lives, everyone will encounter many orthopedic diseases in their lifetime, not to mention the various accidents that cause traumatic injuries to hands and feet and various fractures, vascular and nerve injuries. Are you reading this article also suffering from some kind of orthopedic disease? Therefore, many people ask doctors these questions: Why does it happen? How to treat it? How to prevent it? In fact, the answer to these questions is very simple —– certain parts of the torso out of balance. Long-term use of the mouse, a posture to look at the computer, the neck, shoulders, waist and other ministries muscles continue to contract, maintaining a certain posture or movement of the torso, once more than a certain length of time, these muscles do not relax, is bound to cause different degrees of injury. Although the wonderful human body can provide compensatory capacity or repair capacity, “resources will always be exhausted – and the human body has limited resources”, after the damage exceeds the compensatory capacity, it will lose the functional or anatomical balance, there is a higher level of injury, including long-term pain, numbness or bone damage. This is the basic reason why a wide range of orthopedic disorders can occur. More patients are more concerned about how to treat the problems that arise. By understanding the cause of the disease, the treatment becomes clear. It is most important to restore the balance of the body as a whole or part of the limb as soon as possible. As an example, the beloved comrade Zhou Enlai fell from a horse during the war and fractured his elbow, which was dislocated and did not receive surgical treatment. The result was a long-lasting stiffness and inflexibility of the elbow, which required a specific posture to shake hands with other comrades (seriously, no laughing!). If we get early surgery, anatomical repositioning of the elbow joint, strong fixation (strong fixation that can meet the extension and flexion activities), the elbow joint will be able to move actively or passively as soon as possible, the muscles will not atrophy, the joint will not be stiff, the shape will be symmetrical, the elbow joint will get the balance function of muscles and joints, and the final result will be back to normal. So what’s the reason not to go for such an operation? The advantages and disadvantages outweigh the disadvantages, so why not? What’s a surgical scar? It’s just a permanent memento of the surgery. The spinal bones, intervertebral discs and surrounding muscles form a complex “community” that is interdependent. Muscle strain or exercise less and atrophy, back muscle strength is reduced, can not provide trunk movement needs, then the disc will be subject to greater pressure and shear force, once the disc pressure exceeds a certain limit, the “disc degeneration or disc herniation”, more serious in the back: muscle strength decline, the disc is unable to bear the “disc degeneration or disc herniation”. The intervertebral disc is unable to bear the force of the activities of the “waist pole”, the spinal bones should be hyperplastic, the small joints should be cohesive, the spinal canal should be narrowed, the nerves should be compressed, back pain and leg pain appeared. Who would have thought that all of this started with an imbalance between the strength of the muscles of the back and the needs of the trunk movement? Therefore, the Taoist priest Zhang Sanfeng understood the importance of maintaining the balance of the torso and invented a set of taijiquan to exercise balance. In fact, according to one of the great Deng Xiaoping’s theories, “Practice is the only criterion to test the truth”, there are many places where Chinese medicine cannot be scientifically interpreted and cannot achieve clear curative effects. However, the holistic view of treatment advocated by ancient Chinese medicine cannot be denied, because it is a theory of balance that has always existed and has been applied in clinical work. It has been tested by “practice in all kinds of storms”. Moreover, in the treatment of various diseases, a real doctor should master various treatment techniques, “like a musician, directing various drugs and treatments”, choosing some appropriate treatment methods for each disease patient, and using the theory of balance to achieve the state of art. If you feel uncomfortable after reading such a long article, hurry up and move around to experience the “art of balance” of your body! Chairman Mao said: 10,000 years is too long, only one day is too late. Life is movement, start moving now.