Owen Marcus over at Rolf Blog has written a nice two-part article on dealing with back pain from a Rolfer’s perspective. He offers a simple, straightforward explanation of back pain in part one and goes on in part two to talk about how to work with the pain…

“I have not seen a back that was muscularly weak; I see many that are structurally weak. Our bigger back muscles are not meant to be posture muscles, they are designed to move us, not hold us. The constant holding makes them tighter. Rather than getting stronger form sit-ups or back extensions, practice breathing and stretching…”

Executive editor of Real Health - the black wellness magazine, Hilary Beard, shares her experiences with Rolfing:

When I got up, the pain was gone and I haven’t experienced it since. At the end of the session, when I went to put on my shoes, he told me I’d need to throw out my orthotics (that she had gotten from a podiatrist when she complained of heel pain).

“But I paid $500 for them!”

“They will lock your feet into the painful position,” he said. “I just freed you of the pain. Why would you put yourself back in it?”

His explanation kind of made sense, but I wasn’t convinced. My motherwit told me not to throw out something I paid $500 for. So I held onto them for years. But I never needed them—I never experienced any pain again!

Blogger chaska shared her 10-series experience on her blog “Turkey’s Soul Adventure.” Her observations after completion:

- I have much better alignment in from my knees to my ankles. This may not sound breath-taking at first, but before all of this, if my feet were in ballet first position (think a ‘V’ shape), then my knees would go out straight. If I placed my feet together, facing straight, my knees bent in toward each other. This made yoga, Pilates, skiing and rollerblading all but impossible to do without some sort of corrective for my foot pronation. Not any more. Now everything works the way it is supposed to. Knees and feet go out straight - together! » Continue reading “Testimonial: Wordpress blogger chaska”

For the visually inclined, I’ve created a graphic showing you the parts of the body that you can generally expect will be worked on in any given session. Some practitioners may deviate depending on your individual needs, of course. It is also available as a PDF here.

Rolfing 10-Series Visual Overview

Interesting find on the ‘net today. I’ve never heard of Randy Gage, but he wrote an interesting bit about his Rolfing experience on his website. He went in with concerns about his deviated septum and a herniated disc. Randy’s Rolfer was Jorge Gonzalez in Florida. Click through to read an excerpt. » Continue reading “Testimonial by Randy Gage, Financial Motivational Speaker”

For more from Oprah’s site follow this link.

Ein Video von smittysue auf YouTube bietet einen Blick in das Welt des Rolfing. Wer sich etwas aktuell und zwar visuell sehen wollte, sollte das Link klicken.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTkRGtJ3nAo

Beschreibung des Autors: Schmerzender Rücken kann nicht entzücken. In diesem Bericht wird eine schmerzfreie Behandlung, ganz ohne Chemie, gezeigt. Schmerzen einfach “weg-rolfen”.

Discussion threads at askwaltstollmd.com have some great testimonials about Rolfing.

Rolfing-COST Testimonial excerpt: “After my first Rolfing treatment, I had a wonderful night’s sleep. My hip pain level was down about 80% and I didn’t wake up every 20-60 minutes to turn over, like I normally do… I grew almost an inch in a few days, which made me only an inch shorter than I thought I was, rather than 2 inches shorter!

My second treatment was also extremely beneficial. I’ve had sore feet off and on for years and have had severe heel pain since last summer. He worked on my feet first and the relief was immediate!!”

A June 9, 1997 article in the health section of the Post-Bulletin in Rochester, MN featured the success of Rolfing as part of a wellness program at Starkey Laboratories, a private company that manufactures hearing aids. Most poignant is the story of a woman who managed to avoid surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome by undergoing a few sessions of Rolfing. » Continue reading “Rolfing lowers company’s healthcare costs”

I have always been skeptical by nature.  I think skepticism is healthy, and that’one of the reasons I created this site is to help people skeptical about structural integration get better answers to their questions.  When I first heard about Rolfing® Structural Integration, I liked what I heard about the goals, but I couldn’t believe the expense. The price tag set alarm bells off in my head, especially with all the unsubstantiated and unprovable claims I was reading all over the internet. It sounded like extremely expensive voodoo. » Continue reading “Coming to Rolfing: Matt”