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Poor Posture Increases Pain Sensitivity

Here is a post from Psych Central. This is something Alexander Technique teachers have known for years (about 115 years) It concerns posture and it's effects on pain. While it doesn't address the how of achieving good posture, it does speak to the effects of poor posture on pain. There is also another element: poor posture can cause pain. I see it every day when giving Alexander Technique lessons. One of the big culprits for back pain and neck pain is the computer...

Alexander Technique-New York Times (again)

There have been quite a few articles on the Alexander Technique published in the New York Times. The following Alexander Technique article appeared in the New York Times on June 24th, 2011. This one has a very unfortunate title. If 'sitting up straight' was all we had to do, we would all be doing it. Sitting up straight is an example of military posture. The problem is that we just add tension by doing this...

How to Correct Sitting Posture

How can the Alexander Technique correct sitting posture? Let’s start with some Alexander Technique directions. We’ll start with ‘free your neck’. See if you can let go of some excess, unnecessary tension in your neck. Correct sitting posture starts with releasing these shortened muscles so that they can lengthen, letting your head move up so that you get taller. Let your head rotate slightly forward (lower your nose) and let the crown of your head move up...

Alexander Technique Neck

Prior to Alexander Technique lessons and moving towards an Alexander Technique neck, I had a pain in the neck called a "vibes neck". What's a vibes neck? It's what you do with your neck when you play an instrument called the vibes; you tighten it. The vibes, short for vibraphone, is played with mallets, and [...]

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