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A New Way To Look
Tuesday, 20 Jan, 2009 – 7:11 | No Comment
A New Way To Look

Things Are Looking Up

Do you ever notice what you look at  when you’re walking outdoors?                                       …

Low Back Pain
Saturday, 17 Jan, 2009 – 4:59 | 2 Comments
Low Back Pain

One of the most painful positions for a person with low back pain is to be seated. We all tend to slump; putting ourselves in a ‘C curve’. Often times when we’re not slumping we’re sitting up rigidly straight with the idea of ‘good posture’. Neither of these positions…

Alexander Technique and Doctors, Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Hairdressers, etc.
Saturday, 17 Jan, 2009 – 4:27 | 2 Comments
Alexander Technique and Doctors, Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Hairdressers, etc.

Sometimes when we go we go these people we are put in weird positions, and I’m not talking about having to foot the bill.
Which reminds me of one more: Podiatrists.  The weird position I’m talking …

Alexander Technique- New York Times (excerpt)
Thursday, 15 Jan, 2009 – 2:58 | No Comment
Alexander Technique- New York Times (excerpt)

It would come as no surprise to teachers of the Alexander technique, a method of adjusting body postures to relieve damaging stresses, to hear that my neck is plagued by perpetual tension, occasional pain and …

Alexander Technique In The Cold
Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008 – 4:51 | One Comment
Alexander Technique In The Cold

It can get pretty cold in New York City, and the Alexander Technique can help; not with the cold, but how we react to the cold. When we’re cold we tend to shorten our spines, though this is usually an unconscious action. We scrunch our necks in an effort to keep warm. It might or might not it keep us warm, but it certainly doesn’t help our neck…