More and more, and more frequently popular media from radio and TV to magazines publish anecdotal or crediting scientific evidence about the success of The Alexander Technique. The following are short excerpts from the media and were available links to the complete story. Adobe Acrobat reader is required to view some of the document.

Sit Up Straight. Your Back Thanks You.
Conclusions: ...systematic, long-term approach to posture change, consider the Alexander technique, a method that teaches you how recognize and release habitual tension that interferes with good posture.

Alexander Technique: A Balm For Back Pain?
Morning Edition from National Public Radio (NPR) the syndicator for 797 public radio stations featured a San Francisco Alexander Technique instructor's success with alleviating back pain for a local professional trumpet player. The piece included recorded interviews with the student, the AT teacher and Paul Little author of cussed the epic BMJ study on AT and back pain.

 

A Dramatic Cure for Back Pain
Conclusions: The researchers found that after 24 Alexander sessions, patients improved their ability to move freely by up to 45 percent. "And in the last month of the trial, these people reported only three days of pain," says study coauthor Paul Little, MD, professor of primary care research. "The group who hadn't had any lessons reported 21 days." Similar summaries appeared in both the April issue of O and the January and May issues of the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter.