Alexander technique

[Paininthebutt]

I very highly recommend Alexander technique for poor posture! I never noticed how poor my posture was until I started having back pain! I had a few lessons and have been practicing this for about a month now and it is wonderful!

[eve4094]

I had an herniated disc L5-S1 in 2006. After losts of month with painkillers, cortisone injections (3), ostheo, physio and finally for very expansive vertebral decompression. It works, the herniated disc was no more noticeable on radio exams (TACO in french) but I was never able to do all the activities done before. I stayed with a mecanic problem at the left hip and having often the second and third left toes some kind of numb and painfult. But it was better than before I was able to put on my left sock and shoe! In Novembre 2010, pain came back at low back and sciatica but less intensive than in 2006. Staying sit at my job was a torture (computer job). I would have like to go back for vertebral decompression, but could not afford it. Finally looking on the WEB I found the http://www.drbookspan.com/AbsArticle.html. I began last tuesday checking my posture when a walk, and stand (sitting was ergonimically perfect at my job). It make a big difference the first day and improve with time. I don't take painkiller to be able to work my day and don't have to lay once I am at home. It is very relieving but I have been working sitting for over 30 years and despite the fact that I was regularly doing good physical activities for my back before the herniated disc (swimming, cross country skiig, bellydance etc) I think that my body have something like an "overdose" of sitting. I ordered a kneelsit chair to see if it can also help. Will get back to this forum to give commentaries because there is not a lot of comments from users on the WEB (except the dealer's sites and some ergonomic's one) about this chair.