In fact, it's estimated that in the United Kingdom, up to 4 out of every 5 adults aged 16 or over will experience back pain at some point in their lifetime. Each year, backache accounts for seven million trips to a GP. We look at different exercise regimes you can do that focus on improving posture, and we share some tips on how to keep your body in perfect alignment at your desk. Feldenkrais Through gentle prompting and guided touch, the Feldenkrais method helps you to develop an awareness of body positioning and movement, retraining yourself to move more flexibly and fluidly. Students of Feldenkrais are taught that constantly adjusting body position, with hard work and effort, is not the most effective way to improve posture. According to the Feldenkrais method: our muscles aren't meant to directly support our weight and hold our posture. But they should to align the skeleton to support the body. Feldenkrais teaches that a relaxed, aware body will align itself easily and naturally -- so that body mass balances lightly on the skeleton with a minimum of muscular effort. Feldenkrais aims to take the hard work out of achieving proper posture, by using gentle movements to develop a self-awareness that in time allows you to regain the fluid movement and balance you were born with. This state is referred to as natural balance. Flexibility is thought to improve after just one session, as well as increased levels of energy and vitality.