DYNAMIC MOBILIZATIONS – WHOLE BODY APPLICATIONS – USING THE TRAGER® APPROACH

Dynamic Mobilizations is a new offering with different, complimentary content to other Trager courses. Go beyond passive and active range of motion by using the weight of the mobilized, relaxed body against changing hand fulcrums and waves of various amplitudes. This is similar to the combination of the fluid dynamics of breath and fingers playing a solo on a flute or saxophone. This approach allows for deep tissue access and clinical creativity and specificity without sacrificing a feeling of safety and comfort for client and therapist alike.

We’ll explore mobilizations for the whole body including neck, shoulder girdle, spine and pelvis. We’ll explore prone, supine and sidelying work, and explore somatics (Trager Mentastics) that bring greater presence for client and therapist.

Learn to:

• Impact joints, organs, fascia and fluids
• Increased proprioceptive reintegration
• determine restrictions three dimensionally
• simultaneously affect local and global change
• trauma informed touch promotes neuroceptive safety
• leverage the sensory-motor system for resolution of pain

What is Trager?
Trager is a unique, neuromuscular approach to bodywork and movement re-patterning. The tablework consists of deep, fluid rocking movements (oscillations) of muscles and joints combined with compression and gentle traction. This feeds into the nervous system resulting in dramatic muscular relaxation, along with feelings of lightness, freedom and flexibility. The client is also shown simple exercises called mentastics which helps integrate the profound changes in the body.

Milton Trager, MD, who became aware of the basic principles at the age of 18, spent over 50 years refining this unique approach to somatic movement therapy and bodywork, achieving high levels of success with effects of Parkinson’s, MS, Post Polio Syndrome, Back Pain, Migraine’s, and Chronic Pain, while helping patients reconnect to their inherent sense of ageless, ease and joy of movement.

Instructor:
Joseph Rodin is a licensed massage therapist, psychotherapist, and certified Trager® practitioner. His somatic background includes intensive study of Trager®, along with extensive coursework in osteopathic inspired manual therapy methods. Joseph took his first Trager® course in 1995 and returned to later to become certified in 2010. Since then, he has taught numerous Trager® introductory classes, mentored with and assisted senior Trager® instructors, been a Trager® Tutor and is the past President of the US Trager® Association and past member of the Board of Directors for Trager International. He’s presented on Trager and TMJ at Trager Conferences live, virtually, and for the Tragerology organization.

Registration and Information: Therapeutic Training Center, upcoming