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Real Medicine

As senior Trager® practitioner Michael Lear began his work at Navajeevana Rehabilitation Hospital in 2005, American pediatrician Martina Fuchs was setting up a children’s clinic yards away on the southern Sri Lankan beach. Not until the two returned to the United States did they trace their common cause.

Fuchs was so moved by her trip, that she made a promise to the Sri Lankan children that she would return. She got to work at home in Los Angeles forming a nonprofit organization called The Real Medicine Foundation—based on her belief that “real” medicine is focused on the whole person—by providing physical, emotional, economic and social support. Then she heard about Lear’s Bodyworkers Without Borders effort. She called immediately. Today, Lear and acupuncturist Beth Cole have formed Team Whole Health—a branch of Real Medicine that aims to enhance traditional care with holistic healing modalities.

“Optimal healing is found in the synergistic effects of Western allopathic medicine and Eastern methodology,” says Cole, a Floridian who is now practicing acupuncture in Africa.

Because Real Medicine is a small organization with less bureaucracy, its efforts yield targeted results. Their “friends helping friends” philosophy has helped them provide humanitarian support more quickly to people in disaster, postwar, and povertystricken areas. Through partnership with Real Medicine, Lear was able to obtain funding to continue his work in Sri Lanka, and he hopes extend his reach to other areas such as Africa and Pakistan.

Certified Practitioners of the Trager Approach have successfully completed the certification program provided by Trager International, and have maintained continuing education, and other requirements of Trager International. To learn more about Milton Trager and the Trager Approach, or to look for classes in your area, visit www.trager.com/index.html.

If you’d like to learn more about Bodyworkers Without Borders, Real Medicine Foundation and Team Whole Health, sign up for an e-newsletter at www.bodyworkerswithoutborders.org, or go to www.realmedicinefoundation.org. You can also contact Lear at 484-542-0249.

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