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Scholastic Orthopaedics
(ISSN: 3108-1606)



Review Article
Volume 2 Issue 3 March 2026

Averting Adverse Outcomes among Older Adult Suffering Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Reactive Depression: A Cumulative Summary of Possible Upstream and Downstream Qigong Mind-Body Therapy Impacts

Ray Marks*

OARC Clinical Research and Education Director, Ontario L3T 5H3, Canada

Corresponding Author: Dr. Ray Marks, OARC Clinical Research and Education Director, Ontario L3T 5H3, Canada.

Received: March 23, 2026; Published: March 30, 2026



Chronic musculoskeletal pain along with symptoms of depression are widespread disablers, particularly in later life. Efforts to reduce pain and depression that employ an array of pharmaceutical agents may however prove both suboptimal as well as unsafe for considerable numbers of high age adults. This brief summarizes the available research base concerning the use of Qigong mind-body therapy as an effective mitigating strategy for alleviating longstanding chronic musculoskeletal pain states and depressive feelings without undue risk. To this end, research reports and literature reviews dated from 2000-2026 were specifically sought and its impact on various forms of musculoskeletal pain and depression were reviewed. Collectively, these data reveal that while more research is indicated, Qigong practices that are highly diverse may uniformly help rather than not as far as attenuating chronic pain in varying degrees among adults with different forms of orthopedic disability, and thereby directly or indirectly the degree of any associated depression with few adverse side-effects. Health professionals working with adults who have chronic unrelenting musculoskeletal pain and depression symptoms should be encouraged to recommend these exercises as one possible remedy for reducing musculoskeletal dysfunctions and a life of immense personal suffering and immense social costs.
Keywords: Depression; Mind-Body, Musculoskeletal Pain; Qigong, Rehabilitation, Treatment

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