Comments on: The Alexander Technique Provides Short-Term Relief From Back Pain http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/the-alexander-technique-provides-short-term-relief-from-back-pain/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:51:46 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: JM http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/the-alexander-technique-provides-short-term-relief-from-back-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-13442 JM Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:11:55 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=335704#comment-13442 After suffering for 5 years with wrist pain, tendinitis, numbness, etc from long hours at the computer I was almost ready to give up on a career I loved. No doctor could help... I'd seen them all - orthopaedists, neurologists, pain management specialists, and more. They kept wanting to shoot me up with cortisone and telling me to rest. Well, resting doesn't pay the bills. Out of desperation, I turned to the Alexander Technique. The closest instructor was 2 hours away, but I gave it a shot. It honestly changed my life. I can now move with an ease and lightness that I'd never experienced. I can now do my job, sitting at the computer without pain. And, I no longer use by $1100 "ergonomic" best-of-the-best chair. I use a $6 IKEA bench. Ha! Go figure! It's not about the chair but how you sit in it. After suffering for 5 years with wrist pain, tendinitis, numbness, etc from long hours at the computer I was almost ready to give up on a career I loved. No doctor could help… I’d seen them all – orthopaedists, neurologists, pain management specialists, and more. They kept wanting to shoot me up with cortisone and telling me to rest. Well, resting doesn’t pay the bills. Out of desperation, I turned to the Alexander Technique. The closest instructor was 2 hours away, but I gave it a shot.

It honestly changed my life. I can now move with an ease and lightness that I’d never experienced. I can now do my job, sitting at the computer without pain. And, I no longer use by $1100 “ergonomic” best-of-the-best chair. I use a $6 IKEA bench. Ha! Go figure! It’s not about the chair but how you sit in it.

]]> By: William http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/the-alexander-technique-provides-short-term-relief-from-back-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-9235 William Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:56:04 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=335704#comment-9235 The Alexander Technique made a huge difference for me. I was suffering from very, very painful low back pain for over 10 years. Tried everything from chiropractic, to physical therapy - even magnets! Nothing helped until I had a course of lessons with a very talented Alexander Technique teacher which, literally, changed my life for the better. I no longer have any significant amount of pain and, in general, I feel a whole lot better. The Alexander Technique website is a great source of information: http://alexandertechnique.com The Alexander Technique made a huge difference for me. I was suffering from very, very painful low back pain for over 10 years. Tried everything from chiropractic, to physical therapy – even magnets! Nothing helped until I had a course of lessons with a very talented Alexander Technique teacher which, literally, changed my life for the better. I no longer have any significant amount of pain and, in general, I feel a whole lot better.

The Alexander Technique website is a great source of information: http://alexandertechnique.com

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