Back Pain - Major Clinical Trial

Randomized controlled trial of Alexander Technique lessons, Exercise And Massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain
Significant long-term benefit for low back pain has been demonstrated by a major study published by the British Medical Journal on 20th August 2008 at www.bmj.com.
To summarise:

• 24 AT lessons proved to be most beneficial
• Six lessons followed by exercise were about 70% as effective as 24 lessons
• Long-term benefits unlikely to be due to placebo effect
• Lessons were one-to-one, provided by experienced STAT teachers
• This was a scientific randomised controlled trial

Visit the British medical Journal Website to read about the research

For further information about research into The Alexander technique look at this STAT page