Trager Therapy, Moving Medicine

Trager Therapy, Moving Medicine
Trager Psychophysical Integration is the innovative learning approach to movement re-education founded by Dr. Milton Trager after overcoming a congenital spinal deformity. In the process of healing himself and others who sought his help, he developed a series of light, gentle, non-intrusive and highly beneficial movements. Trager therapy helps alleviate pain and immobility in a wide variety of chronic and painful musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions.

How To Find A Practitioner

Practitioner certification by the Trager Institute, a non-profit educational foundation established by Trager, takes one to two years to complete. It includes beginning, intermediate, and advanced training, documented field work with clients, and continuing education. The Institute has a listing of practitioners worldwide at 415-388-2688 fax 415-388-2710.

Trager Session

A session takes from 1 to 2 hours while the client lies on a table fully or partially dressed. The practitioner uses gentle rhythmical touching, rocking, pulling, and rotation of the neck, torso, legs and arms. Thus deep seated physical and mental patterns are released and the client experiences greater mobility and relief from muscle stiffness, tension and spasm.

Mentastics

Mental gymnastics or mindfulness in motion is a system of simple effortless and enjoyable movements that encourage feelings of freedom and lightness in the body. A short period of instruction in mentastics is offered after each individual session. as well as in groups.

Uses

Any chronic muscular or joint problem.
Fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis.
Traumatic injuries, muscular injures, stroke, polio, nerve injuries, Parkinson's disease, asthma and emphysema.

Further Info

Trager Mentastics: Movement as a Way to Agelessness by Milton Trager (Station Hill Press, 1987).
Moving Medicine: The Life and Work of Milton Trager, M.D. by Jack Liskin. Website: site www.trager.com

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