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Alexander Technique

The Alexander technique is used in three main ways. Originally, 

it was used to address the nuisance habits of actors and musicians. 

As remedial movement education, it teaches freedom of movement,

improving specific self-imposed limitations brought about by 

unconscious postural habits. It offers a means of self-observation 

and holistic impulse control.

The remedial application includes alleviating pain and limitation as 

a result of poor posture or repetitive physical demands. The 

Technique improves pain management for chronic disability. It 

offers rehabilitation following surgery or injury where compensatory 

habits were designed to avoid former pain that needs to be 

eliminated after healing for complete recovery. The Alexander 

technique has been proved to be an effective treatment for 

chronic or recurrent back pain in a randomized study published 

by the British Medical Journal Aug. 19, 2008.[6]

As an example among performance art applications, the work is 

used and taught by classically trained vocal coaches and musicians. 

Its advocates claim that it allows for the free alignment of all 

aspects of the vocal tract by consciously increasing air flow, 

allowing improved vocal technique and tone. Because the 

technique has allegedly been used to improve breathing and 

stamina in general, advocates also claim that athletes, people 

with asthma, tuberculosis, and panic attacks have also found 

improvements.

It has also been informally reputed to allow height retention in 

older adults. Some adults gain height.[citation needed]

Along the application of impulse control, proponents of the 

technique suggest that it can eliminate stage fright, allow more 

spontaneity, and to expand skill repertoire. It is suggested that

it can be an adjunct to psychotherapy for people with disabilities, 

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, panic attacks, stuttering, and 

chronic pain because using its principles can improve stress 

management abilities. 

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