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The Alexander Technique Awareness Week will be highlighting recent clinical research, published in the British Medical Journal, which demonstrates that the Alexander Technique provides long-term benefit for chronic back pain sufferers. The clinical research, led by Professor Paul Little at Southampton University, found that chronic back pain patients who received a course of 24 Alexander Technique lessons from a STAT certified teacher experienced an average of three days of back pain per month, compared to the control group who experienced 21 days of back pain per month. Significantly, this improvement was still reported after one year. Dr Stephen Vogel, member of the NICE guideline development group, said
the research was an Professor Little said that The Alexander Technique addresses all aspects of musculoskeletal health. It is a teacher-led, hands-on discipline that works by helping you use your body more efficiently and effectively, thereby avoiding strains and aches through over-use or misuse. According to Kamal Thapen, of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT), back pain is often caused by the way we misuse our bodies as a whole - with the back compensating, resulting in pain and discomfort. The Alexander Technique teaches that a dynamic relationship between the head, neck and back is instrumental in ensuring the efficient use of ourselves as a whole, and therefore the key to a pain-free, well-functioning back. Not only beneficial in the treatment and prevention of back and other musculoskeletal pain, the Alexander Technique also offers benefits for posture, performance, stress relief and RSI. The Alexander Technique also helps sportspeople (whether keen amateurs or skilled professionals) to improve their performance and recover more rapidly afterwards. Michael Hardwicke BERNADETTE at GRANGE Parish Hall - COST £3.00 Vouchers for half price introductory lessons available at the presentations
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Up to 80% of the population suffer from back pain at some stage
of their life, at a cost of more than £1 billion annually to the
NHS. 