Links

Alexander Technique Press & Resources

BACK PAIN

New York Times

Sit Up Straight. Your Back Thanks You.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/health/25consumer.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss

New York Times

The Alexander Technique for Back Pain?

http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/relieving-back-pain-without-drugs-or-surgery/

Oprah Magazine

A Dramatic Cure for Back Pain

http://www.oprah.com/health/A-Cure-for-Back-Pain-The-Alexander-Technique

BBC News

Back Pain Eased by Good Posture

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7568948.stm

NPR

Alexander Technique: A Balm for Back Pain?

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/28/134861319/alexander-technique-a-balm-for-back-pain

ABC News

Simple, no-drug way to ease back pain

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/health&id=6727789

Financial Times

Why Alexander truly is great

http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto111420082027372395

The Telegraph

Alexander posture technique ‘most effective at reducing back pain’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2585404/Alexander-posture-technique-most-effective-at-reducing-back-pain.html

The Daily Mail

An old cure for a modern malaise: Alexander Technique beat chronic back pain

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1047108/An-old-cure-modern-malaise-Alexander-Technique-CAN-beat-chronic-pain.html

The Guardian

Alexander Technique ‘does ease back pain’

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/aug/20/health.healthandwellbeing

Vogue

The Alexander Technique – 40 Minutes with a coach

http://www.vogue.it/en/beauty/wellness-and-fitness/2010/10/the-alexander-technique

London Evening Standard

Feel Good Factor: Alexander Technique

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/health/article-23826761-feel-good-factor-alexander-technique.do

Marie Claire

Victoria Beckham fights poor posture with the Alexander Technique

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/434682/victoria-beckham-fights-poor-posture-with-alexander-technique.html

Daily Mail

How to walk tall and be pain free like former James Bond, Pierce Brosnan

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1356287/How-walk-tall-stay-pain-free-like-007.html

MEDICAL RESEARCH

British Medical Journal

Research BMJ conducted on Alexander Technique and low back pain

http://www.bmj.com/highwire/filestream/399632/field_highwire_article_pdf/0.pdf

National Institute of Health, Human Movement Science

Low back pain subjects show decreased axial stiffness with Alexander Technique

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074502/pdf/nihms250320.pdf

NOBEL PRIZE – Winner’s Speech, Nikolaas Tinbergen

Medical implications/research into the Alexander Technique (see pg. 122-128)

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1973/tinbergen-lecture.pdf

RESOURCES

American Society for the Alexander Technique (AMSAT)

Excellent resource to find more information on Alexander Technique + profile link (below)

http://www.amsatonline.org/teacher/coriolinghouse

Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique

The thorough, near-encyclopedic look into all aspects of the Alexander Technique

http://www.alexandertechnique.com

Direction Journal

For 23 years, Direction Journal has been the only independent industry journal for the Alexander Technique community worldwide.

http://www.directionjournal.com/

CORI OLINGHOUSE performance & choreography

http://eccentricdance.wordpress.com/

Video excerpts:

http://vimeo.com/user6510148/videos