Re-Thinking the C-Position
A number of important advances have been made in the last few years in the understanding and practice of our work. Creative investigations and advances have emerged from many directions. One critical area of concern has been the Advanced work. What makes Advanced work advanced? How is it different from basic work? And how is […]
Times Are A’Changin
I have been thinking about all the changes that seem to have occurred in my career as a physical therapist and in the health care system as a whole. At Meridian Point Rehabilitation Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, we are involved in the exciting process of creating an interdisciplinary approach to pain and somatic dysfunction that […]
Rolfing and the Neuro-Myofascial Net
Leaning with your elbow on a piece of dead chicken wing does not feel like Rolfing. It seems to lack the kind of organic tissue response that seduces Rolfers to mumble things like “YEAH” while leaning with the elbow for a while into a tissue spot. In my experiment of trying to rolf an anesthesized […]
Rolfing… An Eye to the Future
BH: What’s the case for insuring your employees for Rolfing? LM: We put Rolfing in place in 1989 because we’re very progressive with case management as it relates to medical clients’ general health insurance and that is having personal experience with Rolfing. Our plan also offers chiropractic care, of 26 visits a year. (Literal cost […]
Working with Repetitive Stress Syndrome within Industry
Since April of 1992 I’ve been working on-site for Starkey Laboratories, Inc. I provide soft-tissue work, a combination of both release and organization, for people who have repetitive-motion problems, particularly of the hands, wrists, and arms. Starkey is the largest manufacturer of custom hearing aids in the U.S. (I’m told they provided a hearing aid […]
Rolfing to Save a Career
Recently, when I was about to give up playing the string bass because of escalating back injuries, a friend recommended Rolfing therapy. I had tried to strengthen the lower back and correct my lordosis (swayback) with an exercise program of partial sit ups and constant pelvic tucking. But walking had become a strain and a […]
In Profile… Michael Salveson
Aline: My thoughts about this are that people don’t know you very well, and there are different approaches to helping people know you, some of which have to do with talking a little bit about your past, before we talk about your vision of our work. One of the things that interests me is that […]
Maintaining Health Through Structural Integration
Summary National focus on maintaining health and preventing illness is for the most part on nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle. But the maintenance of appropriate body structure has also been shown to be important. Attention to this facet of health maintenance will provide long term benefits in term of a population with less disease, and discomfort, […]
Research Report
There has been substantial progress with the Institute’s Research Agenda and indeed in the research prospects of all Alternative Health Care modalities due to the federal government’s research initiative. Progress on the Institute’s Plan As you may recall, we have been following a plan for research on Rolfing that was put together for us in […]
Rolfing in the Paradigms of Soothing, Fixing and Healing
Rolfing has more than one thing to say and more than one way of saying. This has become a problem for us when we have tried to hold these sayings and ways of saying together too rigidly, and when these sayings and ways of saying haven’t had enough differentiation. Perhaps this is why there is […]