Straight answers about what Rolfing® is, how it works, and whether it’s right for you.
Rolfing SI is an advanced form of hands-on therapy that specializes in improving posture and relieving chronic pain. Over the years we accumulate injuries and experiences that shape us, physically and psychologically. Rolfing attempts to unbind those historical events that obstruct normal function in the body. Using our hands, Certified Rolfers™ apply direct contact to the connective tissues to reshape the body’s natural alignment, improving posture and movement.
Through a series of sessions, Rolfers work to reset the body’s natural alignment, eliminating the root causes of chronic tension and pain by reconstructing the connective tissues. Certified Rolfers also help clients become aware of their habitual patterns and how to correct the most harmful ones — creating a starting point for new posture and new movement possibilities.
Rolfing SI deals with the whole body, not only specific parts, and does so in a harmonious way. It can address ailments and recondition the body in a way that has long-lasting results. For the full effect we advocate a series of 10 sessions, followed by regular maintenance sessions to ensure you don’t return to old posture or habits.
Because Rolfing provides lasting results in changing the way you feel and move; because you’ve exhausted other efforts in dealing with alignment and chronic pain; and because people want to live more comfortably in their bodies, with more energy and self-confidence.
Congenital factors, overuse/misuse/disuse (injury or poor patterns at work, sport, or daily activity), postural stresses, reflexive factors, chronic negative emotional states, and more. Rolfing SI is most effective at addressing the first several of these.
Almost everyone — anyone dealing with the negative effects of poor posture and old injuries.
Years ago, Rolfing was more heavy-handed to match the culture of the times. Since then, the faculty of The Rolf Institute have developed refined techniques that make the work more effective and far less painful in reaching its goals.
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