Acupuncture and Trager Psychophysical Integration in the Treatment of Wheelchair User’s Shoulder Pain in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury

The purpose of the present study was to determine if a 10-treatment course of either acupuncture or Trager would be effective in decreasing chronic shoulder pain associated with functional activities in individuals with SCI.

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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Multiple Sclerosis and The Trager Approach

One of the principal specialties that has emerged from his practice has been the treatment of various neurological disorders resulting from trauma or disease, including stroke, oxygen deprivation at birth, spinal cord damage, peripheral sensory and motor injuries, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, polio, and multiple sclerosis.