Text Box: Information, resources, and support for Maine people with polio...and their families... since 1986. Text Box: Phone: (207) 724-3784 Text Box: c/o 674 Hallowell-Litchfield Road West Gardiner, Maine 04345 Text Box: The Post Polio Support Group Of Maine Winter 2004/2005 PPSGMText Box: NON-PROFIT ORG. US. POSTAGE PAID GARDINER, MAINE PERMIT # 10

New Directors Named

 

     We have three new Directors on our Board.  They are Barbara Bright of Readfield, William Cook of Milford and Virginia Folino of Stonington.  Thank you, Barbara, Bill and Virginia for your willingness to participate.  Also, we want to thank former Board members Linda Dowling and George Nilson for all their years of service while on the Board.

     If you are interested in becoming a Board member or want to know more about what we do, you may contact any of the current Board members listed within this Polio Update.
Text Box: Now on the worldwide web at: http://www.ppsgm.org Text Box: healing. The Krieger protocol helps patients to relax, have less pain and support their own healing process. This process represents the art of nursing, where the heart and hands, as well as the science of nursing, uses the intellect that synthesizes a belief that mind and body are integrated to make each person unique. TT is called complementary. It does not replace other treatment; it can be used alone or interfaced with other treatment modalities. The four basic steps involve: CENTERING: The nurse tunes out disturbances of the surroundings and becomes open to input from the patient. ASSESSING: The nurse scans the body with his/her hands a few inches above the skin to assess the areas of difference or imbalance. CLEARING: This process of smoothing out energy is found to be relaxing and soothing. TREATING: Imbalances present after Text Box: clearing are treated by sending energy through the body, knowing that we are integrated and whole. Energy is sent to areas of deficit, moving it to areas where it is not flowing freely. Pain is patterned into a balanced flow. Treatment may take place in a seated or prone position, fully clothed, alert or asleep, involved or detached. One can believe or not that it will make a difference. It may last 15 minutes or less, but is not timed. Time to stay relaxed after treatment may also be helpful. Over 150 controlled studies of healing have supported significant effects from the use of TT in research published over the past 25 years. Three benefits are typical in the patients’ experiences: relaxation, lessened pain and accelerated healing with no harmful side effects reported or demonstrated. As a polio survivor, Dorothy believes

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