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Medicine, Science and the Alexander Technique The Alexander Technique has long been outside the mainstream of science and medicine. The benefits of lessons in the Technique have been dismissed as merely "anecdotal." That is beginning to change. Neuroscientists and medical researchers have taken an interest in the method. Following are three citations including two recently published studies that examined the use of the Alexander Technique in cases of chronic back pain. Excerpt from the British Medical Journal: Lessons in the Alexander technique offer an individualised approach designed to develop lifelong skills for self care that help people recognise, understand, and avoid poor habits affecting postural tone and neuromuscular coordination. Lessons involve continuous personalised assessment of the individual patterns of habitual musculoskeletal use when stationary and in movement; paying particular attention to release of unwanted head, neck, and spinal muscle tension, guided by verbal instruction and hand contact, allowing decompression of the spine; help and feedback from hand contact and verbal instruction to improve musculoskeletal use when stationary and in movement; and spending time between lessons practicing and applying the technique. Excerpt from Physical Therapy: The AT's aims are broader than improving pain or even the control over tonic muscular activity and coordination. Alexander taught that learning to control tonic muscular activity through inhibition and direction conveys the close relationship between mental and physical processes, which leads to a specific type of self-awareness and control that can be applied to the whole range of human activities. David Garlick, BSc (Med), MB, BS, PhD, Physician, Medical Scientist and Alexander Teacher states in The Lost Sixth Sense - A Medical Scientist Looks at the Alexander Technique: The Alexander Technique is itself based on rational premises:
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