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I'm guessing you mean "wart", not ward.
It would not surprise the hell out of me if there were ordinary scientific methods like checking the amount of blood-circulation in different parts of the body that could identify SMA, it's just that no one is looking.
My notion that serious work on SMA would add 5-10 years of life is just a wild-assed guess.
For what it's worth about Hanna's theory about lowering blood pressure, I did have a massage session (somatic experience practionerer, eclectic massage approach which includes working with various body systems) which gave me a moment of feeling that my heart had more room. I didn't check my blood pressure, though.
There's research which shows that even modest amounts of tai chi practice makes old people less likely to fall, but I don't know how much that would add to lifespan.
I can believe that people do tai chi for years and still have a lot of tension-- if you aren't ambitious about making your tai chi better, it's not going to get a lot better.
Yes.
In general making estimates like that isn't easy.
From my perspective there are two points to be made:
1) The average person who wants to life a long term would profit from doing some form of somatics. I think you are right that it's likely less than a decade of additional life years for the average person with current systems.
2) Even if we solve all those issues that SENS plans to solve people will still die due to SMA. SMA happens to be neglegted in popular antiaging discussion even when it's an important part. As a result it doesn't get the scientific researcht that it needs.