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I have been working with my 21 yr old client who has been unable to sit up, move or talk for 5 years due to brain injury from a car accident, for a year now.  I see her once a week.   I have witnessed over the year increasing alertness, smiles, and communication.  She can now move both of her legs.  She just started working with an OT on land who has helped her to hold her head up on her own, after 2 sessions.   I discovered a place near Seattle, where I live, called Pushing Boundaries,…

I have another new client, a 60 year old attorney, who came to see me because of a tremor in his right arm.   It is very severe, and he was diagnosed with Parkinson's 6 years ago.  However, his neurologist changed the diagnosis  to a different condition which he should have died from by now  He now does not  know what to make of it.    It is affecting his speech and his walking.    He speaks very slowly and with difficulty.   Until  6 years ago he was  a climber, surfer, skiier, as well as a…

This client came to see me for watsu for the first time in November (2010), and has been coming 3-4 times a month ever since.  She was in a car accident 4 years ago,  and has had the top half of her skull removed.  She is brain damaged and has been mostly immobile  for 4 years. She can see and hear but cannot move  or talk.  Her parents are very positive that she can recover a lot of her functioning.  We were all worried about her trach tube, as it cannot get wet. Her first session we…