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Beyond Posture Correction: Exploring How Alexander Technique Reduces Chronic Neck Pain

By Rajal CohenPosted on July 29, 2024September 5, 2024Posted in AT & Health, Biomechanics, Posture, Study SummariesTagged biomechanics, General AT science, Pain1 Comment

Growing evidence suggests that learning Alexander technique (AT) can reduce musculoskeletal pain, including knee pain,1 back pain,2 and neck pain.3 However, the mechanisms by which AT works are still not well understood. The studies reported here addressed two major questions related to the mechanisms of AT. The first question was […]

The Physics of Sit-to-Stand

By Patrick JohnsonPosted on August 5, 2019September 21, 2022Posted in Biomechanics, Sit-to-StandTagged biomechanics, procedures, sit to stand1 Comment

This essay by Tim Cacciatore and Patrick Johnson on the biomechanics of sit-to-stand was originally published in STAT News, Fall 2016. pdf version pdf version (Japanese) Sit-to-stand is one of the essential movements that Alexander Technique teachers use to teach. We generally leave the mechanical details of the movement aside […]