Carers need caring for too
More and more people are caring for relatives with dementia and many find it incredibly difficult to make any time for themselves. Carers need a… Read More »Carers need caring for too
Publications
Teaching the Alexander Technique to people with back pain: which approach?
A new study about the Alexander Technique has just been published in the prestigious British Medical Journal.1 The research was led by a team from… Read More »Teaching the Alexander Technique to people with back pain: which approach?
Learning the Alexander Technique has wide-ranging benefits
New research has reported many and diverse benefits of learning the Alexander Technique including greater confidence in being able to deal with current and future… Read More »Learning the Alexander Technique has wide-ranging benefits
What, why, how? New publication provides the answers
I have just published a new article written with my fellow STAT Research Group colleagues, Charlotte Woods and Lesley Glover. ‘An education for life: the… Read More »What, why, how? New publication provides the answers
How does the Alexander Technique work?
New research has shone light onto a possible cause of some of our unhelpful postural and movement habits. Dr Rajal Cohen and her team found… Read More »How does the Alexander Technique work?
“Really uplifted by it, really empowered by it…”
This description of an experience of learning the Alexander Technique comes from one of the participants in a large randomised controlled clinical trial for people… Read More »“Really uplifted by it, really empowered by it…”
New research: Learn the Alexander Technique to improve how you live and care for yourself, and so reduce pain
My colleagues and I have just published new research from the ATLAS clinical trial of Alexander lessons or acupuncture sessions for people with chronic neck… Read More »New research: Learn the Alexander Technique to improve how you live and care for yourself, and so reduce pain
How can one approach have such diverse benefits?
I was asked the other day how it is that learning the Alexander Technique can have such a wide range of different benefits. People want… Read More »How can one approach have such diverse benefits?
New study on knee osteoarthritis suggests Alexander Technique lessons can help reduce pain and disability
My involvement in research on the Alexander Technique means that I’m a keen follower of what other researchers are doing. Here I describe the findings… Read More »New study on knee osteoarthritis suggests Alexander Technique lessons can help reduce pain and disability