David Berceli and Military personnel after a TRE® session
TRE for Veterans and Defence Personnel
Originally developed to self-empower large populations in their recovery from mass-scale trauma, TRE provides a neurobiological model of resilience and elite performance training that focuses on self-regulation of the sub-threshold neuromuscular tension underlying most physical and mental health conditions.
By deliberately invoking the nervous system’s innate capacity to regulate itself through spontaneous involuntary movements known as ‘neurogenic tremors,’ TRE provides a body-based self-care technique to help prevent injury, switch off hypervigilance, improve sleep quality and maximise the body’s own adaptive resources to help prevent PTSD & burnout.
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Why Veterans and Defence Personnel like TRE
All around the world TRE is consistently well-liked by Veterans and Military Personnel because it is body-based and doesn’t require them to talk about or recall past events. As TRE takes almost no mental focus or physical effort, it is easy and efficient and can be used simply lying in bed to switch-off hypervigilance and assist with getting to sleep.
Able to be used alone or in groups in as little as 5-10 minutes with immediate calming effects, TRE is easily integrated into exercise and recovery routines to help support sustainable high performance and peak performance mind states. TRE is a preventative self-care tool as well as helping those with PTSD.
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The Evidence for TRE
Already learnt by an estimated 5 million people around the world, the evidence for TRE is emerging. The technique was identified by the US Military as one of the 5 most promising techniques to regulate the autonomic nervous system due to its ease of use and immediate effect of reducing hyper-arousal and muscular tension. A 3-year controlled clinical trial for the treatment of stress and PTSD is currently being conducted by the US Department of Veteran’s Affairs.
Peer-reviewed research has shown TRE helps to improve quality of life, reduce domestic violence & mental health conditions and enhances the capacity to deal with adversity, while at the individual level, the benefits of TRE are immediately verifiable using wearable technologies that measure sleep quality and heart rate variability, both key neurobiological markers of resilience, elite performance & wellbeing across the lifespan. A case study on the use of TRE for PTSD recovery by an Australian Veteran was also published in the Journal of Military and Veteran Health.
Click here for the Global TRE Research Database.
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With thanks to TRE Australia for content
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