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Alexander Awareness Week 2025

Alexander Awareness Week - 13th-19th October Back to Back Pain Basics Alongside Back Pain Week and World Spine Health Day, we're focusing on back pain, which…

Neck Pain

Neck pain is a leading cause of disability, and is the fourth most common health condition out of 291 reported worldwide. Chronic neck pain can be quite…

Wellbeing & Self-help

Here you will find a selection of studies that report the effects of attending Alexander lessons on wellbeing, as well as illustrating the self-help nature of…

Self-efficacy and self-care-related outcomes following Alexander Technique lessons for people with chronic neck pain in the ATLAS randomised, controlled trial

European Journal of Integrative Medicine 2017; doi: 10.1016/j.eujim.2017.11.006 Woodman J, Ballard K, Hewitt C, MacPherson H. BRIEF SUMMARY This study is…

Neck Pain

To date, one large randomised controlled clinical trial and some smaller studies have been conducted to evaluate the outcome of Alexander lessons for…

General

Explaining the Alexander Technique and how it works: The Process of Learning the Alexander Technique Potential Mechanisms of the Alexander Technique…

Earlier Investigations

This is a published  overview of earlier investigations into the Alexander Technique The Development of the Alexander Technique and Evidence for its…

Current Research Projects

Below we list currently ongoing or planned research projects.   Surgeon’s postural and ergonomic skills A follow-up full study is planned (timing TBC…

Pain: Other

In addition to studies exclusively involving people with chronic back or neck pain, several studies have assessed the effect of Alexander lessons for people…

Dancing

Learning the Alexander Technique can help experienced and non-experienced dancers of all ages. It is being taught across the world work in numerous dance…