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On this page you will find information on books and DVDs by Physical Therapists relating to the Alexander Technique, Backpain and Physical Therapy, as well as a book about Chair Design and the Alexander Technique.

Deborah Caplan, PT (two articles by her can be found on the Articles page) and Bruce I. Kodish, PT have both written very readable books about backpain, drawing on their work as physical therapists and teachers of the Alexander Technique. Deborah Caplan has also produced two videos on the topic. These books and videos make excellent resources for PTs and MDs - and for their backpain patients.

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Solutions for Back Trouble

The Alexander Technique - Solutions for Back Trouble
DVD by Deborah Caplan, PT, 1999
Shows how the Alexander Technique can help people with back problems. (Deborah Caplan's book on this topic is described below.)
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The Alexander Technique Combo Pack

The Alexander Technique: Combo Pack
This package includes two DVDs:
The Alexander Technique: First Lesson and
The Alexander Technique - Solutions for Back Trouble
(see listing above)
The price for the Combo Pack is a little less than the cost of the two DVDs purchased separately.
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Back Trouble

Back Trouble - A new approach to prevention and recovery based on the Alexander Technique
by Deborah Caplan, PT
Paperback/Published 1987
Describes how the Alexander Technique can help people with back problems. Includes preventative positions and gentle exercises. (Deborah Caplan's video on this topic is listed above.)
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Back Pain Solutions

Back Pain Solutions: How to Help Yourself with Posture-Movement Therapy and Education
by Bruce I. Kodish, PT
Paperback/Published 2001
Survey and self-care guide for dealing with back pain and other musculo- skeletal problems. Explains the Alexander Technique within the broader context of posture-movement therapy and education.
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Nowhere is the interplay of ergonomic and Alexander Technique concepts better illustrated than in the design of the chair, and the ways in which we use them. The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body and Design provides a wonderfully fresh look at an object so common in our society that most of us pay little or no attention to it. Galen Cranz, a professor of architecture at the University of California Berkeley and a teacher of the Alexander Technique, has written what is probably the definitive work on this topic. Ergonomists, Alexander Technique teachers - and everybody else who sits on chairs - can learn a great deal from this very readable book.


The Chair

The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design
by Galen Cranz
Paperback/Published 1999
History, anatomy and ergonomics of chair design explored by an Alexander Technique teacher with an emphasis on the importance of an easy upright posture when sitting. Click here to listen to an interview with the author. Click here for Price and Availability (USA)
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The ordering information above comes from the Alexander Technique Bookstore (USA and Canada) in Association with AMAZON.COM and AMAZON.CA - an on-line source for many other books, videos, audio books and CD's about the Alexander Technique. You can also order many of these same items from the Alexander Technique Bookshop (UK) in Association with AMAZON.CO.UK.


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