Calls to ban school chairs that are 'bad' for children's backs Sign our petition: www.j.mp/SchoolChairsPetition With an estimated 20 percent of children already suffering from back pain, health experts are making fresh calls to prevent the use of chairs with backward sloping seats in schools. The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT) has launched a campaign to raise awareness of how poor postural habits are often the root cause of back pain and can lead to long term health problems. The majority of pupils in the UK spend 15,000 hours during their school life using furniture that encourages them to bend their spines, forcing them to adopt poor posture. The resulting back pain is a slow and subtle injury which really takes a grip later in life. It's a little like smoking -- a bad habit that has long term consequences.

Visit http://www.amsatonline.org/ for more information. Strain and tension don't have to be part of your daily life! Watch this video and visit amsatonline.org to learn more! A proven approach to self care, the Alexander Technique teaches how to unlearn habitual patterns that cause unnecessary tension in everything we do. It's used by people of all ages and abilities to enhance the performance of every activity, improve posture, and relieve the pain and stress caused by everyday misuse of the body. Published research evidences its effectiveness in alleviating lower back pain. AmSAT is the largest professional association of certified Alexander Technique teachers in the US. Looking for a teacher? Find one near you on our website, http://www.amsatonline.org/teachers

Nikolaas Tinbergen, Nobel Laureate, devoted a significant portion of his Nobel lecture to talking about F. M. Alexander, the Alexander Technique, and the importance of Alexander's discoveries and the benefits he and his wife experienced from lessons. For more information about the Alexander Technique: http://AlexanderTechnique.com

The following was a research study conducted by Glenna Batson and Sarah Barker in 2007 at the University of South Carolina on the Effects of a two-week trial of the Alexander Technique on balance in community dwelling elderly ages 60-89. You will see selections from their balance testing both before the two-week group lesson series and then right afterwards. Both pretest and posttest comparisons are also posted for the various balance tasks.

This video summarizes the results of a major back pain study published in the British Medical Journal in 2008. The study showed that the Alexander Technique was highly effective in treating back pain. There have more recently been follow-up studies that confirm this result. For more information about the Alexander Technique: http://alexandertechnique.com

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