Reaktionen britischer Zeitungen auf die Publikation der Studie zur nachhaltigen Wirkung von Alexandertechnik bei Rückenschmerzen
EVENING STANDARD (SERIES) (20 AUG)
PROPER POSTURE ‘RELIEVES LONG-TERM BACK PAIN’
Research in the BMJ reveals good posture can ease chronic back pain.
DAILY TELEGRAPH (20 AUG)
SIT UP AND TAKE NOTE OF BEST WAY TO BEAT BACK PAIN
Previously little was know about the long term effects but this major clinical study demonstrates that AT lessons are effective.
DAILY EXPRESS (20 AUG)
HOW LESSONS IN POISE ARE THE BEST WAY TO EASE YOUR BACK PAIN
The study found that after a year of treatment, patients with chronic back pain who had 24 lessons in the Technique and did routine back exercises suffered only 3 days of pain a month.
TIMES (20 AUG)
ALTERNATIVE THERAPY ‘MORE EFFECTIVE’ FOR BACK PAIN
A team from the universities of Bristol and Southampton compared the effectiveness of massage, exercise and AT in 579 patients with back pain.
DAILY MAIL (20 AUG)
THE CURE FROM 1904 THAT’LL BEAT BACK PAIN
Co-author Professor Paul Little says “This is a significant step forward in the long-term management of low back pain”.
WESTERN DAILY PRESS (SERIES) (20 AUG)
SCIENTISTS FIND BACK PAIN CURE
Lessons in the AT teach self-care skills that help people recognise, understand and avoid poor habits affecting postural tone and neuromuscular co-ordination.
GUARDIAN (20 AUG)
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE ‘DOES EASE BACK PAIN’
‘Although most trials of back pain interventions have not had particularly good or convincing results, Little said this one was significant’.
LONDON PAPER (20 AUG)
OLD METHOD EASES PAIN
A team of researchers gave the Technique the thumbs-up after an experiment with 500 sufferers.
IRISH NEWS (BELFAST) (20 AUG)
TECHNIQUE REDUCES BACK PAIN: STUDY
“Massage is helpful in the short term but the AT retained effectiveness at one year and the results should apply to most patients with chronic or recurrent back pain”.
TIMES (23 AUG)
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Why the Alexander Technique is a must for back pain sufferers
Better than painkillers, physiotherapy, massage or exercise alone.
CAMBRIDGE EVENING NEWS (SERIES) (23 AUG)
After a year patients who had been given AT lessons suffered just 3 days of back pain a month, compared with 21 days for those receiving GP care and 14 for those who had massages.
DAILY TELEGRAPH (25 AUG)
ALEXANDER – THE GREAT CURER OF BACK PAIN
Relief to millions – estimated at half the UK population – who suffer regularly from back pain. 15% of those develop chronic problems, at a cost of £5 billion to the economy each year.
THE VOICE (ETHNIC CONSUMER) (25 AUG)
HEALTH & FITNESS
Posture is key to easing back pain
Long-term pain can be relieved through encouraging suffers to adopt good posture through AT say UK researchers.
INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS (26 AUG)
HOW LESSONS IN POISE ARE THE BEST WAY TO EASE YOUR BACK PAIN
Patients who used AT suffered far less pain than those who followed advice from their doctor.
BROMLEY TIMES (28 AUG)
NO PAIN, NO GAIN…
Twenty years ago the standard treatment for any kind of back pain was pain killers today more and more suffers are signing up to give AT a whirl.