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Sue Cheek Alexander Teacher

What is the Alexander Technique

• The Alexander Technique is an individually taught method of mental and physical re-education.
• The Alexander Technique is widely recognised as an effective means of addressing and alleviating the fundamental causes of many medical conditions such as :

back pain, neck & shoulder tension,              breathing and vocal disorders, RSI,

stress related illnesses  and fatigue.

• The aim  is to unlearn habits that start to develop from an early age, as the result of anxiety, tension, injury, ill-designed working environment, parental example etc.
• And give you practical tools with which to tackle these difficulties
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• It may help post-operatively to ‘unlearn’ the habits that develop to cope with the pain prior to an operation, a hip replacement for example.
• It is taught in most music, dance and drama colleges and many riding schools.
• A recent medical trial into lower back pain reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) showed that Alexander Technique lessons benefited patients in terms of improvements in function, quality of life and reduction in days in pain.
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Watch the video of the results

More information on the Applications, Lessons and Scientific Research into the Alexander Technique

• It is taught in most music, dance and drama colleges and many riding schools.
• It may help post-operatively to ‘unlearn’ the habits that develop to cope with the pain prior to an operation, e.g.a hip replacement.
• A recent medical trial into lower back pain reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) showed that Alexander Technique lessons benefited patients in terms of

improvements in function,

quality of life,

reduction in days in pain.