{"id":31309,"date":"2011-03-28T07:26:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=31309"},"modified":"2014-08-01T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T22:55:02","slug":"finding-relief-from-back-pain-with-alexander-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=31309","title":{"rendered":"Finding Relief From Back Pain With Alexander Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/03\/28\/134861319\/alexander-technique-a-balm-for-back-pain\">NPR reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Research suggests an alternative therapy called Alexander Technique may be an effective way to treat back pain.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez first tried massage, chiropractic, and powerful pain killers. But finding a remedy for back pain can be a lot like a guessing game.<\/p>\n<p>He says it was only through Alexander Technique lessons that he trained his body to move in a way that eased his aching back. Alexander Technique is a series of posture lessons, devised by a 19th century Australian actor named F.M. Alexander who had troubles with chronic laryngitis whenever he performed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a feeling of working with yourself from the inside out,&#8221; says Rodriguez. &#8220;If you know you&#8217;re twisting a certain way and using too much force, it&#8217;s easy enough to know, Let that go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Joe now holds himself differently during his solos because of Alexander Technique.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know that I can just sort of be on my sits bones, instead of a funny arch with my stomach pushed out or my back arched in some strange way,&#8221; says Rodriguez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR reports: Research suggests an alternative therapy called Alexander Technique may be an effective way to treat back pain. Rodriguez first tried massage, chiropractic, and powerful pain killers. But finding a remedy for back pain can be a lot like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=31309\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10268],"tags":[14735,11028,25933,15663,25934,8327],"class_list":["post-31309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexander-technique","tag-alexander-technique-lessons","tag-australian-actor","tag-chronic-laryngitis","tag-f-m-alexander","tag-npr-reports","tag-pain-killers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56106,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31309\/revisions\/56106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}