The Trager® Approach as an Adjunct Practice for Parkinson's Disease

Just as athletes or dancers can learn to perform movement with a variety of dynamics, tempos, and directions, so can Parkinson’s patients memorize how to decrease their muscle tone to achieve normal movement coordination.

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Unique Approach Helps Gait in Parkinson’s

Sessions which address a lighter approach to exercise, self-help movements to ease pain, a gentle alternative to massage and an over-all awareness of how body and mind work together provide clients with the information they need to change the way their disease affects their lives.

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The effect of Trager Therapy on the level of evoked stretch responses in patients with Parkinson’s disease and rigidity

In conclusion, results from the present study strongly suggest that it is possible to modify the level of ESR by using Trager therapy. This stretch reflex inhibition may induce a reduction of the muscle rigidity seen in these patients.

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