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Use the Alexander Technique to Combat Neck, Shoulder and Back Pain

This practical life-changing guide offers simple exercises to alleviate neck, shoulder and back pain, and suggests effective ways to make small lifestyle changes. Aimed at anyone who suffers with back pain, doctors, physiotherapists and those involved with complementary therapies, this essential book draws on the key principles of the Alexander Technique, which argues that the root cause of back pain stems from poor postural habits while performing everyday actions. Helping the reader to discover how their posture and movements may be having a detrimental effect on their health, this guide offers new ways of performing daily activities, with the aim to reduce muscular tension and stress on the bones and joints.