If you’re already familiar with Rolfing and just looking to find a practitioner or learn more about who I am, feel free to go to my About page for a short bio on me. Please contact me with any questions or (if you stumbled onto my site by other means) go to www.rolf.org for a complete listing of Rolfers by city, state or area code.
What I have been able to help my clients with:
- Neck Pain, back pain, SacroIliac (SI) pain; basically most musculoskeletally driven pain dependent on soft-tissue/fascial tension/dysfunction. If I can get my hand or elbow in there to contact it directly or indirectly, I can generally make a difference.
- Posture
- Headaches/Migraines
- “Pigeon toes” and splayed feet
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Flexibility
- Functional strength (from just standing up to sports and athletics)
- Ease of movement
- Range of motion
- Body awareness
- Energy efficiency
- Constipation
- Breath
- Feeling better in your own skin
If you’re NEW TO ROLFING then let me give you a brief introduction. Rolfing structural integration was developed by Ida Rolf (hence the strange name) in the 1960′s. It is a holistic practice working to create ease in the whole body through manipulation of connective tissue called fascia which permeates every layer and system in your body down to the bone and out to the skin. How we do this looks similar to massage in that we use our hands as our primary tools but the similarity stops there. Our intentions and methods, particularly the 10-series, bring about results similar to a combination of chiropractic and physical therapy with lasting and far reaching effects.
Rolfing also entails a great deal of “education”. Not in memorizing facts or reading books (although I can recommend some amazing books) but in learning about You and Your body/mind/spirit, becoming aware of who you really are in how you move, think, and feel in your body and how that affects your life on a daily basis. Many people have felt emotional releases (Many do not) as traumas, stresses, and wound adaptations trapped in the tissues of the body are freed to complete and express themselves, leaving the body with more resources to adapt to other issues. It can feel pretty good to no longer having to hold such powerful emotions or structural dysfunction in check. Often times you get, not what you expect or want, but what you are ready for. Rolfing can be a life changing experience (it saved mine) or it can “fix” old wounds and just let you feel better in your own skin. Either way you walk away better for the experience and with greater freedom to be and see who you really are. A reset or new beginning. Less Pain, more function, and better able to do the work and enjoy the entertainment you love.