A Quick Fix  … why doesn't it last?

You want a quick fix that stays fixed?

Precisely!

You can find any number of quick solutions for most problems. Some of them even work — temporarily.

The Alexander Technique could be used in this way — as a treatment: as something that patches you up for a while. We don't normally consider this worth mentioning. It's not what the Alexander Technique is about.

Of course, used that way, it wouldn't stay fixed. Just like any quick fix, the problem would return.

When it did, you could still be glad you'd started learning the Alexander Technique. You would have good reason to be pleased: you'd already have started building a lasting solution, even if that wasn't what you originally intended.


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Medical Study proves lasting effectiveness of the Alexander Technique for low back pain.

Published in the prestigious British Medical Journal on 19 August 2008

This randomised controlled medical trial compares Alexander Technique lessons, exercise and massage for chronic and recurrent back pain.

BBC news report

Jean kept falling over after a hip replacement
Lady with a Hip Replacement

“My teacher is Philip Pawley and I can thoroughly recommend him: he's patient, kind and knows what he's doing. He's given me a new life.”

Rob is a yoga teacher
Yoga Teacher

“My interest in the Technique came from my interest in yoga. At the time when I heard about it, I thought that this would be a useful thing for me to learn — just a development of what I understood yoga to be.”

Margery was disabled by osteoporosis
Lady with Osteoporosis

“Since starting with the Alexander Technique, it has boosted my confidence tremendously. It does so much more besides just helping you with the osteoporosis.”

Caroline is an opera singer
Opera Singer

“I have got enormous benefit out of a series of thirty-minute sessions with Philip Pawley. My whole stance has improved and I'm singing better.”

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