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- 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.
Over the course of my career, I have successfully worked with clients with various painful or limiting physical conditions, stress-related symptoms, congenital neuromuscular disorders and survivors of various kinds of trauma as well as with clients who, although comfortable, wish to expand their range of motion and physical capabilities. During the time that I spent in post-tsunami Sri Lanka, I worked with numerous disaster survivors who still experienced pain and limited mobility long after the apparent healing of the initial injury. Self-medication, sometimes imprudent, did not help with their pain. The Trager Approach greatly improved their conditions, almost always decreasing or even eliminating pain and restoring greater degrees of function and enhancing ease in mobility.
One specific client experienced arm swelling a year out from the tsunami. She had been pinned down by that arm when a cabinet fell upon it, trapping her as the waves were rushing in. She nearly drowned before she was rescued. After her first Trager session, the swelling reduced by about 80% and subsequent sessions relieved the situation completely. In this particular case, it was the artifact, the memory of the
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