Cultural Humility in the Therapeutic Relationship
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The Path of an Advanced Rolfing® Instructor
ABSTRACT This conversation between two Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® (DIRI) faculty members focus on the path Pierpaola Volpones has traveled to becoming a Rolf Movement® Practitioner, a Rolfer®, a Basic Rolfing Instructor, and recently an Advanced Rolfing Instructor. [click to download PDF article]
Perspectives on Inflammation
ABSTRACT This article describes inflammation, what it is, what it is not, how to recognize when it is a valuable part of healing, and when it may be an impediment to healing. Emphasis is given to finding the source(s) of inflammation as a key to healing. [ click to download PDF article ]
Fascial Recoil
ABSTRACT This article discusses some basic mechanical properties of fascia, including its elastic properties and their significance to structural integration gleaned from the 2016 Fascia Research Summer School held in Leipzig, Germany [click to download PDF article]
Interpreting Anatomy Illustration
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From Skull to Spine, to Sacrum
ABSTRACT The axial complex is a specific concept in the Rolfing® Structural Integration paradigm. In this article, Jan H. Sultan presents how Rolfers draw from embryology to conceptualize what anatomy and physiology are represented by the axial complex: the neurocranium, the spine, the sacrum, and their associated soft tissues. Fryette’s laws are a useful base […]
Unlocking Facets with a Structural Algorithm
ABSTRACT In this interview, Lina Amy Hack asks John deMahy about his axial complex model. He teaches this in his structural algorithm continuing education courses for manual therapists, which give clear steps of spine evaluation and interventions. [click to download PDF article]
Assessment and Manual Intervention for the Psoas and Iliacus Muscles
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Human Locomotion, Persistence Hunting, and Gracovetsky’s Spinal Engine Theory
ABSTRACT Faculty member Per Haaland explores the role of the axial complex in human locomotion. Haaland discusses the importance of persistence hunting in human evolution and how Serge Gracovetsky’s spinal engine theory posits the spine’s centrality to human locomotion. Hubert Godard’s tonic function model further describes the sophisticated interplay between tonic and phasic muscles in […]
Start at the Front of Spine, Go to the Back Body
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