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Participant number
Gender (age, years)
Pain diagnosis (years)
(-) not stated | Practice amount2
days/week
minutes/day
# weeks | RIM1 comments
2014-2015
wks = weeks | RIM2 comments
2016-2017
wks = weeks |
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14
F (60)
Back pain (22) | 4/week
60–75/day
30 weeks
RIM1 | 6 wks: doing qigong for years; more pain and worse sleep when not doing; 12 wks: myofascial pain flares helped by qigong; 30 wks: minimal flare-ups; greatly improved sleep; no longer needs meds [doing taxes and snow shoveling increase pain] | 6 wks: great improvement in pain, coping skills and mood since CFQ 6+ years ago; blood pressure meds reduced and better maintained; cholesterol pills reduced; no longer need antidepressants, nausea or sleep meds; able to enjoy life so much more; so much better than before qigong; 12 wks: decreased pain meds and no longer need any for breakthrough pain; blood pressure meds reduced 75%; cholesterol pill reduced 50%; less angry and frustrated; 18-36 wks: (as before)5 |
7/week
15–90/day
24 weeks
RIM2 |
| (started qigong in 2011)3 |
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17
F (62)
Fibromyalgia (-) | 7/week
200–240/day
30 weeks RIM1 | 6 wks: qigong has given me a life worth living (can walk, play; am calm, peaceful); improved overall health and outlook; 12 wks: no pain; after decades of pain and multiple health issues, years of trying many ways to improve, spending lots of time and money, now all I use is qigong for wellness; eyesight slightly improved; 24 wks: qigong helped so much; now have full, happy, peaceful life; chronic pain gone | — |
| (started qigong in 2008) |
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18 F (74) NEW4
Back pain (4)
Osteoarthritis (10)
Fibromyalgia (-)
Plantar fasciitis (-) | 5.5/week
50–70/day
24 weeks
RIM1 | 6 wks: sleeping better; friends comment am looking better; gained weight (102 to 110 lbs); more relaxed; doing things not done before; 12 wks: see difference since qigong (weight); do not get pain relief in back, legs, feet at times; more energy; 18 wks: so pleased since qigong; able to things couldn’t do before; some pain relief overall | 6 wks: could never had been able to do the things I can today; much better [quality of life]; 12 wks: (no answer); 18 wks: no new changes; 24 wks: don’t have as much pain in my back; have more energy and can certainly do more things; am much happier that I can go out with friends and not worry; stopped taking pantoprazole; 36 wks: (as before) |
5.5/week
40–55/day
24 weeks RIM2 |
| (started qigong in 2014) |
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22
F (67)
Back pain (35)
Osteoarthritis (35)
Fibromyalgia (35) | 7/week
45/day
24 weeks
RIM1 | 6 wks: pain decreased since qigong (facet joint injections increased back pain for 10–14 days); sleep better; program has increased strength and helped with pain; 12 wks: much happier since qigong; better quality of life 90% of the time; 18 wks: doing good; sleep good since starting amitriptyline; 24 wks: don’t feel so involved with pain, easier to cope | 6 wks: pain reduced and more under control; able to function so much better; ups and downs but feel overall have made progress; [sleep] much better; not sleeping as well [heat, outdoor noise]; happier; feel much less moody; more in control of living my life; 12 wks: (as before); 18 wks: getting more sleep, sleeping better and more soundly; less pain throughout the night; more days with lesser pain; 24 wks: notice most improvements in sleep habits; 30 wks: (as before) |
7/week
35–55/day
36 weeks
RIM2 |
| (started qigong in 2010) |
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27
M (63)
Back pain (16)
Neuropathic pain (10) | 4.5/week
70–210/day
18 weeks
RIM1 | 6 wks: this is hard; keeps my head clear; stronger inner core; 12 wks: qigong is saving my life; being with group is so important; qigong is very good pain relief; temper more controlled when doing qigong; 18 wks: without qigong life is pretty bad | — |
| (started qigong in 2013) |
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28
M (47)
Back pain (10)
Headache (14) | 6.5/week
30–90/day
30 weeks
RIM1 | 6 wks: pain relaxing back to normal; wellbeing improved; depression lifting; sleep returning to normal; 12 wks: easier to relax and unload pain; since qigong have stopped all pain meds; have not needed asthma meds in last year; 18 wks: pain dissipates much more quickly; sleep quality usually better; have stopped asthma and pain meds | — |
| (started qigong in 2012) |
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29
Not stated (31)
Back pain (13) | 7/week
150–180/day
24 weeks
RIM1 | 6 wks: practiced qigong for 2 years; substantial improvements in that time; everything in my life has improved drastically because of the practice; sleep improved; using less and less cannabis; 18 wks: constant improvement for last 2 years; quality of life has improved exponentially | — |
| (started qigong in 2012) |
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30
F (54)
Back pain (30)
Cervical sprain (10) | 7/week
50–60/day
24 weeks
RIM1 | 6 wks: calmer at times and less depressed; sleep improved; 18 wks: very pleased with qigong; helped get me out of extreme chronic pain and keeps me going | 6 wks: helps overall body, spirit, and mind; was in chronic pain and now no longer; returned to work; able to do housework; better sleeping; more comprehensive, more social, more activities; decrease in zantac; stopped nexium; decreased antidepressant; 12 wks: (as before); 18 wks: (as before); 36 wks: (as before) |
7/week
90–120/day
18 weeks
RIM2 |
| (started qigong in 2008) |
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34
M (62)
Chronic psoriatic arthritis (35) | — RIM1 | — | 6 wks: prior to CFQ, pain was like a knife slashing arms and legs 8-9/10; now pain free; improvements of psoriatic arthritis, diabetes, blood irregularities, mental health beyond what anticipated to be possible; overall quality of life greatly improved; improved ability to cope with health issues; no change medications; 12 wks: no pain; went from 500 mg naproxen twice daily 10+ years to no medication; insight into behavior patterns; more resilience; increased ability to calm self; less reactive; reduced insulin by ∼70%; decreased sleep disruption due to worry; more accepting and better able to settle; not confident that would still be alive if not for CFQ; increased relationship quality and quality of life; 18 wks: improvements most noticeable in ability to cope with stressors, awareness of attitudes/beliefs |
7/week
90/day
18 weeks
RIM2 |
| (started qigong in 2010) |
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42
F (38)
Fibromyalgia (2.5)
Right shoulder/arm pain (7) | — RIM1 | --- | 6 wks: my pain is significantly better; am able to do a lot more things; am not depressed anymore; sleep better; rarely wake up in the middle of the night; my life is much better since started CFQ; feel more confident; less stressed; stopped medication 1.5 year after starting qigong |
6/week
30/day
6 weeks
RIM2 |
| (started qigong in 2015) |
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