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Victoria Beckham fights poor posture with Alexander Technique

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She's been wearing towering stilettos her whole life - but Victoria Beckham fears her love of lavish footwear may leave her with a hunchback look as she gets older.

Instead of ditching the heels in favour of a nice pair of flatties, however, Victoria has turned to the Alexander Technique, a famous regime which can help strengthen core muscles and re-align the spine.

Friends in LA recommended Victoria try the Alexander Technique after recent upset about her photos displaying a round-shouldered look.

A source explained, ‘Victoria has been working hard on getting a straight back and correcting her terrible posture'.

It seems years of bad postural habits have ‘caused her bones to be improperly aligned, with her muscles, joints and ligaments taking more stress than they should'.

The regime appears to be doing the trick. Said the source, ‘You can tell that something is working as the years of Victoria's shoulders being slumped are now over'.

Many actors and dancers practice the correction regime in an attempt to improve movement and eliminate bad postural habits, which can be picked up over the years.

Actress Juliet Stevenson hailed the method as ‘miraculous' while novelist Aldous Huxley claimed it cured him of ‘neurotic tendencies'.

Even Lenny Henry and Anthea Turner have had practitioner courses in the technique, which is said to drain stress and tension from the muscles, ease back pain and improve breathing problems. It also boosts physical endurance and flexibility, with claims it can improve women's fertility.

Victoria, who is already said to be ‘walking straighter,' is hoping for a double whammy of results for her twice-daily, post-gym efforts.

The designer also suffers problems with her feet. Recent reports say the workaholic mum-of-three refused a painful-sounding bunionectomy operation because the medical procedure would have left her out-of-action for weeks.

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Friday 11 December 2009


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victoria beckham can't possibly walk straight with bunions and high heels, i'm surprised she can walk at all with high heels and bunions. I have a bunion and have a job walking with flat shoes without pain so i don't know how she's doing it, she must be in hellish pain in her feet never mind about any
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Comment by marjie on December 12 18:37

It is great to see another wonderful example of the benefits of the Alexander Technique, for poise, postural health and stress management. I am happy to say it doesn't only work for celebrities!
Comment by Anthony Kingsley of The Alexander Studio, London on December 13 21:59

Call me stupid, but when I was a little girl...oh, 30 years ago, the Chiropodist I had to see because I was having problems with my arches, gave me some invaluable advice and that was... wear strong supportive shoes as a kid (usually lace ups) and when you're older keep wearing high heels to an absolute minimum. That's not to say you shouldn't wear them at all but stuff like...walking to the bus stop/railway station, put a pair of flats on and carry your heels in a bag or keep a pair at the office to wear. NEVER wear heels to go shopping in, it puts too much strain on the feet as well as your back resulting in poor posture. If you're out and about at the weekend only wear them on 1 day not 2 days running...personally I wear them to go out in of a night or if I'm going visiting.

Your feet are your anchors and need to be treated with kid gloves. So far the chiropodist has been right and I have lovely feet today and my posture isn't distorted like Mrs Beckham's obviously has become.
Comment by funkyfeathers on January 15 15:10

Victoria would benefit greatly by attending a workshop with the High Heel' Guru Chyna Whyne. She runs classes in Bond St based on her book "Mastering the Art of Walking in High Heels"... she'd then know how to walk with grace, ease and elegance without the pain!
Comment by Miss R Ige, London on January 21 17:00

Don't you mean "Mastering the Art of Wearing High Heels"? This is the book high heel guru Chyna Whyne wrote. I've actually attended several of her classes in Bond Street and it was the best thing I've ever done. I've always loved my skyscraper heels but always suffered back problems which put me off wearing them. I now wear heels from AM to PM with no trouble.
Comment by M.Idris on January 21 17:30

High heels were always a no go area for me when I was working and then I met Chyna and heard about 'Walking in Stilettos'.

So, off I went to see her with my challenge of being able to wear high heels for longer than an hour, as my average day is about 18 hours. Within two hours, I was strutting my stuff in killer heels as if I was wearing flat shoes.

After my session with Chyna and putting on my killer heels, I felt complete, like a real women so if you can't wear heels and want to feel 'good' then you need to learn to walk tall using the Alexander Technique with Chyna Whyne.
Comment by Sarah Ducker on January 25 09:20


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