{"id":63484,"date":"2025-02-02T03:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T03:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alternative-medicine\/at-shown-to-ease-chronic-neck-pain\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T03:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T03:22:12","slug":"at-shown-to-ease-chronic-neck-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=63484","title":{"rendered":"AT Shown To Ease Chronic Neck Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>This finding represents new clinical research on the benefits of Alexander Technique.<\/p>\n<p>The research study, recently published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/annals.org\/article.aspx?articleid=2467961\">Annals of Internal Medicine<\/a>\u00a0shows that taking lessons in the Alexander Technique is a better, more effective option for relieving\u00a0neck pain than traditional treatment with drugs and conventional physical therapy. Acupuncture was also studied for effectiveness with a separate group, and scored equally well. \u00a0The results only got better when they measured the participants long term relief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;In general, it is difficult to find long-term treatments that have a positive effect on chronic neck pain, b<\/strong><strong>ut both acupuncture and the Alexander Technique lessons did&#8221;,\u00a0<\/strong>said lead researcher Hugh MacPherson, of the department of health sciences at the University of York.<\/p>\n<p>The study concluded that <strong>&#8220;Alexander Technique lessons led to significant reductions in neck pain and associated disability compared with usual care at 12 months. Enhanced self-efficacy may partially explain why longer-term benefits were sustained.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the previous post on my blog: <em>Alexander For the Treatment of a Cervical Herniated Disc<\/em>, I wrote about the role of AT in treating neck pain associated with disc herniation. There I included a video with senior Alexander teacher, Judy Stern talking about why AT is a highly effective non-surgical option for this condition. I encourage you to re-watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelbernsenat.com\/alexander-technique-for-non-surgical-treatment-of-the-cervical-herniated-disc\/\">video<\/a>\u00a0as it goes beyond talking about cervical herniation to explain the critical role AT plays in easing chronic neck pain, which supports\u00a0the findings\u00a0of this study.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/annals.org\/article.aspx?articleid=2467961\">Annals of Internal Medicine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/news\/fullstory_155500.html\">National Institute of Health, Medline Plus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rachelbernsenAT.com\/at-shown-to-ease-chronic-neck-pain\/\">AT Shown To Ease Chronic Neck Pain<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rachelbernsenAT.com\">Rachel Bernsen &#8211; Alexander Technique<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This finding represents new clinical research on the benefits of Alexander Technique. 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