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Scientific articles and controlled studies about Alexander Technique

• Enhanced respiratory muscular function without exercises
• Functional Reach Improvement in Normal Older Women After Alexander Technique Instruction
• Randomized Controlled Trial of the Alexander Technique for Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease
• Parkinson’s Disease : A Case Study
• Improvement in Automatic Postural Coordination Following Alexander Technique Lessons in a Person With Low Back Pain, from the Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association
• Effects of Alexander Technique on Muscle Activation During a Computer-MouseTask: Potential for Reduction in Repetitive Strain Injuries – Summary of a study performed at San Francisco State University

Alexander Technique and physical therapy

• Physical Therapy and the Alexander Technique: An Overview by John Macy, PT
• Alleviating Arthritis Pain and Discomfort: How the Alexander Technique can Help by Glenna Batson, PT, MA
• Alexander Technique and Osteoporosis: Improving Posture, Mobility and Safety by Idelle Packer, MS, PT, CTAT
• Alexander Technique and the Pilates Method of Movement Re-education: A Biomechanical Perspective by John Macy, PT
• Self-Care Strategies for Avoiding Repetitive Strain: How the Alexander Technique can Help, by Glenna Batson, PT, MA

• The Alexander Technique: Another Tool for Physical Therapists by Deborah Caplan, MA, PT
• The Alexander Technique: Education for the Aching Back by Deborah Caplan, MA, PT
• The Alexander Technique: A Resource for Reversing Back Pain and Continued Self-Care by Idelle Packer, MS, PT, CTAT

• On Coming to Terms with the ‘P’ Word” by Marsha Novak, PT
• Where do you Stand on Posture by Idelle Packer, MS, PT, CTAT
• Physical Therapy and the Alexander Technique by Zora Natanblut, PT, Ph.D
• Physiotherapy and the Alexander Technique by Elke Rudolph, PT
• The Alexander Technique by Lilah Brand, PT, MS
• Growing Older With Grace by Bruce Kodish, PT, PhD
• Balance, For Safety Sake by Idelle Packer, MS, PT, CTAT

Other articles and related sites

• Scientific Research in the Alexander Technique compiled by The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique:
• Physical Therapy and the Alexander Technique Homepage
• Francisco Varela and The Gesture of Awareness: A new Direction in Cognitive Science and its Relevance to the Alexander Technique by Rachel Zahn.
• Body Work, Manual Medicine and the Alexander Technique – A doctor’s experience with the Alexander Technique