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The table-work portion of the session takes place on a massage table with the client draped and clothed to the degree they’re most comfortable with. No oils or lotions are used. A typical session with Mentastics instruction lasts about ninety minutes, however time varies depending on the setting and the practitioner. Some reported benefits from The Trager Approach include: - Increased mobility, vitality, clarity, capacity to relax and a sense of overall peace. - Improved sports performance without injury. - Quickened recovery from surgery or injury. - Relief from stress, joint pain, muscular pain, sciatica, chronic back/neck pain, headaches and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain. - Relief from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. - Improved neuro-muscular function in those with Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. - Improvement in status with ankylosing spondylitis and post-stroke paralysis. Please understand, this is not to claim that Trager is a cure for these or any other pathologies. “But in the absence of a cure, improved emotional balance, superior coping mechanisms, more effective compensations, and a measure of control over and active engagement in their own present and future will always be of extreme importance to these patients, and to anyone personally associated with them.” - Deane Juhan. 467 of 1039