Understanding Your Fascia
Ida Rolf, who created Rolf Structural Integration, has been speaking about the importance of and creating change within the body’s fascia since the 50’s. Mainstream science is finally catching up to her.
Rolf Structural Integration Helps Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
This woman avoided surgery by using Rolf Structural Integration. She had been diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and didn’t realize she had alternatives.
Why Doesn’t My Back Hurt? I GOT ROLFED!
I’ve gotten my hopes up so many times that I look on anyone with a massage table and a face donut with intense skepticism. But Rolfing could be different? Right?
If nothing hurts, why bother with Rolfing?
What happens when a client comes in with no pain? Short answer: I get really excited.
Bad Bodies or Bad Bike?
It’s astonishing the money and time many elite and ‘weekend-warrior’ cyclists devote to retro-fitting racing bikes to conform to their bodies rather than first restoring function to the most critical piece of racing equipment… the rider’s body!
Peter Melchior talks about Ida Rolf and Structural Integration
So good to hear Peter Melchior’s voice. His gave so much to the community during his lifetime. Here he is talking about Ida Rolf, Ph.D. (the creator of Structural Integration) and what this type of bodywork can do for a person. Thank you Peter, you are missed.
Rolfing Structural Integration Intro with Creator Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D.
An old video introducing the work, looks like it’s from the early 70’s:
Clinical Trials: Structural Integration for Chronic Low Back Pain
A clinical trial is starting up in Boston. If you are in the area and have the symptoms, you can receive treatment and get paid! What a deal. I’m excited to see what the results are of the study. “RESEARCH STUDY Do you have Chronic Low Back Pain? If so, we invite you to join […]
Rolfing 101
[I found this great blog post about discovering ease in supporting their head through Rolfing Structural Integration, enjoy] If someone had told me, before I tried it, that bobbling my head would help my hip I would have thought they were crazy. I’m getting Rolfed, or, to put it more descriptively, I’m getting structurally integrated. […]
Natural Walking and Running
In this culture we study walking and running biometrically, yet we still don’t understand how to do either correctly. For whatever reason we adopted our walking style, we invariably create a limited approach to dealing with gravity.
Rolfing Back In Vogue, But With Shaky Evidence: NPR
Rolfing has become a favorite again — this time among the yoga-Pilates-acupuncture crowd.
What is Rolf S.I.?
“Structural Integration seeks to awaken changes in the body using deep touch, core movement and awareness.”
Bodywork as Meditation
“Openness to a different type of listening and following are essential for the meditative to emerge.”
Four Principles of Structural Bodywork
“Every physical creature is subject to the effects of gravity throughout life. It is the one unrelenting stimulus to which we must relate.”
Physical, Emotional & Mental Healing…
“The benefits I’ve received from SI are really physical, emotional and mental. Primarily, it helped me process emotions that had been trapped in my body. It eased my pain tremendously and I was able to resume the active life that I enjoy.”
Structural Integration of the Human Body
“Using Yoga’s theory of evolving the human structure for higher states of consciousness through physical change, combined with deep hands on work, she began to develop Structural Integration.”
