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samedi 7 février 2015

The Benefits Of Alexander Technique Exercises

By Kristen Baird


Physical activities an regular exercises are the best ways to stay fit, healthy and independent as you get older. As you get older, it becomes even more important to remain an active lifestyle if you want to stay healthy and maintain your independence. If you do not stay active, all things you have always enjoyed doing may start to become a bit harder.

Since there are different ways to stay healthy and to do exercises, it is better to choose something that makes you comfortable and satisfied. You may consider learning the Alexander technique exercises, as it helps you improve body movements and postures. Every session, you are taught to position your body properly and correct poor postures so you can move efficiently.

Teachers of this technique usually believes that it can eliminate tensions of the body and body problems, such as back pains, neck aches and sore shoulders. Any conditions, such as back pains are actually the results of misused body for a period of time. Standing or sitting longer and moving in improper ways are only examples of unhelpful habits that may result to those problems.

Therefore, the aim of the Alexander technique is to teach and help you learn those good habits and achieve a more balanced and naturally aligned body. It has been proven that this technique has the potential to improve specific health conditions. The key principles on the other hand includes how you move, stand, sit and how could it affect your functions.

It will help you to become mindful on the things you have done in your regular activities and to make any changes to gain more benefits. Your mind and body will also work together to influence others. Actually, your neck, sine and head are important to improve your functions well. Once you have learned and applied the technique to your daily activities, it can help to improve your coordination and breathing as well.

The sessions can be done in a small clinic or studio with qualified teachers that would last for thirtyminutes. You should wear comfortable clothing so you can move easily and freely. The teacher will also observe how you move and if executed improperly, they will show you the best way to move with less strain and better balance.

They will be using their hands to gently guide you with your movements. You will also learn the ways to improve your daily activities. You will learn to practice how to apply the technique while standing, sitting, lying down, walking and maintaining good relationship between the back, spin, head and neck. You just need to attend several lessons to learn the basic concepts of the technique.

Once you have gained a clear understanding with the principles, you can also apply them to your daily life. According to experts, Alexander system can benefit people regardless of age and no matter the levels of physical fitness. It has been proven that it is effective in helping to relieve back pain. It also help elderly to boost and improve their balance skills and beneficial for patients with Parkinson disease.

It teaches them to make positive changes of lifestyle and both mental and physical outcomes. For many people, the lessons are all safe and pose no health risks if no manipulation is involved and just pure gently touch. However, this is limited for certain people with a specific spinal injury, severe spinal stenosis or narrowing or the spine, severe pain from ruptured disc and people with a fracture of the bones in the spine.




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