The Definitive Guide to The Alexander Technique provided by STAT - The Society of Teachers of The Alexander Technique

It has made an
enormous difference
after 20 plus years
of constant pain.
STAT pupil survey 2006

Alexander Technique for Posture-related Pain

Since beginning the Alexander Technique I have not had one session of physiotherapy. After 30 years of back problems I no longer think of myself with a back problem!
 STAT pupil survey 2006

  • Approximately 75% of adults in the UK suffer one or more bouts of lower back pain in their lives. (www.patient.co.uk)
  • 2.5 million people in the UK have back pain every day of the year. The cost to the NHS, business and the economy is an estimated £5 billion per year. (www.backcare.org.uk)
Learning the Alexander Technique can help to prevent or alleviate conditions associated with undue tension or poor posture. These include many difficulties with pain and weakness, coordination and movement, and joint or muscle problems. Examining the way people carry themselves and hold tension, and teaching them to move more naturally and freely, can address the underlying cause of many such problems.

The Alexander Technique can enhance rehabilitation after surgery, injury, or illness. It can improve management of and pain, and provide coping skills for chronic illness and disabilities.

Articles on the Alexander Technique for posture-related pain:

Experience of learning the Alexander Technique, contributed by a Health Visitor

Learning to apply the Alexander Technique as a person with ankylosing spondilitis

Experiences with the Alexander Technique in managing kyphoscoliosis

RSI: An Alexander students' story

The Alexander Technique and multiple sclerosis

Learning to apply the Alexander Technique as a hairdresser with neck and shoulder pain and migraine

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