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.
Unique Approach Helps Gait in Parkinson’s
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.