Another Spin on Rotation
According to Stephen Pare1 not only did I misunderstand Schleip’s original intent, but I also misread his article and misquoted him in way that misled me in my original criticisms. While I appreciate Pare’s desire to enter into the discussion, I am not certain that he managed to defend Schleip’s understanding of rotation from the […]
Psoas in Scoliosis
I followed the recent exchange of articles between Jeff Maitland and Robert Schleip with great interest. I became a Rolfer last year, and part of their discussion was on a subject of crucial interest to me, but over which I had neither conceptual nor practical mastery. My urgency of understanding increased when a woman with […]
Refrying Freyette
Before continuing the discussion of Dr. Harrison Freyette’s laws of spinal Motion, I want to express toy appreciation to Robert Schleip and Jeff Mainland for devoting time In tackling the thorns subject of spinal biomechanics and sharing their knowledge with how Rolf Lines readers. Any undertaking to apply mechanical laws to human structures particularly the […]
Meaning and Grounds
Robert, I was quite interested in reading your reply1 to my article, “The Backbone of Structural Integration, which contained criticisms of tour article, “Lecture Notes on 1’soas and Adductors.”‘ However, since you apparently missed the stain point of any criticisms, I find it necessary to reply In your reply. You began your reply with the […]
Central Nervous System Processing in Idiopathic Scoliosis
There are two kinds of scoliosis: neuromurcular (associated with a known neuromuscular disease like cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy) and idiopathic. Idiopathic is a two-dollar word meaning. ” we don’t flow why,” and probably more than half of the cases are idiopathic. There art- thousands of teenagers and sometimes older adults, having major spinal surgery […]
Scoliosis and Proprioception
Most types of scoliosis are classified as idiopathic scoliosis which means that the reasons for this type of rotational deformity of the spine are as vet unknown. Nevertheless, there are all kinds of assumptions, beliefs and anecdotal reports available in the alternative health community concerning the main cans,: and driving factors. For example, the following […]
Scoliosis: A Case Study
When Amy’s mother brought her tonic in 1993 she was 13. Extremely self conscious of her curvature, she would not look me in the eye, nor allow me to examine her with clothes off. I was pessimistic about how much help I could be to her after observing her trait and other abberant movement patterns. […]
Scoliosis: What to Do?
It is in light of these declarations by Dr. lda Rolf that we can give effective support to our clients who have scoliosis. Rolling is the most powerful tool available to align a body that is unbalanced by scoliosis, provided that we are able to put everything “where it belongs.” This article is for Rollers […]
Creativity, Art and Rolfing
ART “…what makes the artist is primarily the formative power that enables him to give them shape, to weave them into an organic aesthetic whole.1” There were three questions posed to the Art Panel at the Annual Meeting. The first question was, “How is Rolfing an art form?” Before saying why I think Rolfing is […]
The Line as a Mudra of Transformation
The Line is often presented as the highest value to which our work can aspire, and yet it is the most neglected aspect of our teaching. We have largely ignored making any attempts at developing a systematic approach to exploring or embodying the Line. We have also largely ignored any systematic exploration of what, for […]