Eleonora Guimaraes

My name is Eleonora Guimaraes.  I graduated from Level I of the Pfrimmer Certification Program in November 2000, in San Rafael, California.  I would like to share some of the successes I was able to achieve in this first year of practice, to encourage more students to learn this wonderful technique that can help change the lives of your clients and make your professional life more exciting than you could possibly imagine.

The most dramatic story is of a client who became paralyzed in the spring of ‘98 in a automobile accident.  I started giving him Jin Shin Jyutsu treatments - a very gentle form of acupressure originated in Japan - the summer of ‘99 and that helped him a lot in relieving pain, headaches, spasms, and the tremendous emotional and psychological stress of the condition he found himself in.  As soon as I finished the Pfrimmer Level I training, we decided to work exclusively with it to see what would happen.

Now, November 2001, about eleven months into our treatment plan, this man has recovered almost all feeling in his legs and enough movement to use only crutches when he is at home.  I was delighted to learn during our session last month that he was able to go for a “stroll” at the local mall taking only the crutches!  Since he keeps improving we are hopeful he will recover enough to have a life without restrictions.  I have also used the Pfrimmer technique with clients who have their movement impaired form stroke, Guillian-Barre syndrome and aneurysm with very good success.  It is tremendously rewarding to be met with a smile and an “I’m walking better!” when I see them.

I have been able to help two clients who were suffering from such acute sciatic pain that every movement brought tears to their eyes.  And a client with residual pain from a bone graft that kept her from sleeping a full night for several months.  The Pfrimmer technique seems to be not only very effective, but it works quite fast in producing results.  All the other clients I see that only have aches and pains caused by stress or overuse of muscles; a Pfrimmer session is a delight, bringing a feeling of aliveness, of “a glowing vibration” as  one of them describes it.  

It is amazing to be part of such processes of transformation, and to be able to help so much, considering that I’m just beginning my career as a Pfrimmer therapist.

Submitted by Eleonora Guimaraes

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