Feldenkrais method empowers adults with chronic back pain.
A phenomenological approach was used to explore the experiences of 11 adults attending Awareness Through Movement lessons in the Feldenkrais Method to manage chronic-episodic back pain. Semistructured interviews were analyzed. The results suggest improving self-efficacy through somatic education and awareness potentially offers a way forward given the back pain epidemic.
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia.
Judith Dianne
JD
Pugh
Anne M
AM
Williams
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D026441:Mind-Body Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D064866:Mindfulness; D009068:Movement; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*