People generally come to the Alexander technique with a wish to improve the way they function: either to relieve some difficulty or discomfort in action, to rehabilitate from injury, or to improve performance in an activity they love to do and want to master. In the way of this wish are two great puzzles to be solved...
In my earlier post on core-stability, I pointed to research questioning the relationship between abdominal bracing and reduced lower back pain (1). Now, another article published in the same forum (BodyInMind) has further questioned the sensibleness of this way of addressing low back pain....
There is a very wide-spread belief in the importance and healing properties of “core stability”. It is a view that I have often heard in connection with Physiotherapy, Yoga, Pilates and gym training… all suggesting that a deliberate training of ‘core musculature’ is an essential element in good posture and relief of back-pain....
