Structural Integration - Deep Tissue Bodywork, Posture and Movement Education

"When the body gets working appropriately, the force of gravity can flow through. Then, spontaneosly, the body heals itself."
Ida Rolf, Ph.D.


Piano Virtuoso Uses Rolfing to Help Heal His Hands

July 22, 2011 : Blog, News

“In 1982, feeling stronger, Fleisher made a first attempt at a two-handed comeback. He made it through the concert, but realized it was what he called an evening of pretense. He wasn’t really healed.

It wasn’t until the mid-’90s that his problem was given a name: focal dystonia, a neurological disorder that can be triggered by repetitive movement and stress and attacks a particular set of muscles. And while there’s still no cure, a treatment involving shots of Botox and a massage technique known as Rolfing allowed Fleisher to uncurl his fingers and play, and, this time, at the start of a new century, to realize a true comeback.

Now in his 80s, he plays worldwide, performing pieces for two hands and one hand, sometimes with Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, his wife of 28 years.”

[Read the entire transcript here]