Sensory Awareness and Feline Play
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. Groucho Marx Stinky the Cat As I was stretching on my hardwood floor, I felt whiskers tickle my face. They belonged to my cat, Stinky. I laughed and moved him over to get back to the work of opening up my pelvis […]
Dispatch from the Amazon: Wild Dolphins Volunteer to Help Special Children
Heidi Massa: You’ve made an innovative collaboration with wild river dolphins in your work with disabled children. Where do you do this? Igor Simões Andrade: In a rural area about forty kilometers from Manaus, a Brazilian city founded in the late 1600s in the heart of the Amazon rain forest. HM: Manaus is a fascinating […]
Equine Motor-Control Therapy Using Perceptual and Coordinative Techniques
Introduction Structural work with horses and other animals has been well researched and documented, and is usually performed undertheguidanceofalicensedveterinarian. In addition to the massage, chiropractic, and acupuncture treatments that are well- established in the equestrian community, Rolfing® Structural Integration is now also becoming a more common practice, thanks in large part to our colleagues, Jim […]
Rolfing® SI for the Performance Horse
Introduction My current primary focus is within the showing segment of the hunter/jumper spectrum. My model is based on a five- session series that includes both pre- and post-performance components, as well as pre- and post-shipment care. Many of these horses show throughout the country. Another component of my practice is rehabilitation for the injured […]
Rolfing SI for Horse and Rider
When a horse and rider move in harmony together, it is a spectacular melding of two beings becoming one. There is a balance in the connection that allows them to move effortlessly through space and gravity. The mind-body maps of horse and rider merge, and they become something more than their individual selves. This harmony […]
Integration of Movement/ Posture: A Dynamic Adaptive Process Model
Integration of Movement/ Posture: A Dynamic Adaptive Process Model Structural Integration (SI) is a process of manual therapy and sensorimotor education that aims to facilitate sustainable improvement in whole-body biomechanical functioning and a sense of ease and coherence in normal movement/posture. Traditional and currently widespread explanations for the physiological mechanisms underlying SI theory and practice […]
Structural Integration: Origins and Development
Ida Pauline Rolf, PhD (1896–1979) in 1924. Photograph courtesy of Rockefeller Archive Center. Introduction Structural Integration (SI) is a system of manual therapy and sensorimotor education that purports to improve human biomechanical functioning as a whole rather than to treat particular symptoms. This article briefly reviews its origin and development; the theory, clinical methods, […]
Structural Integration, an Alternative Method of Manual Therapy and Sensorimotor Education
Objectives: The objectives of this report are to review the clinical practice of Structural Integration (SI), an alternative method of soft-tissue manipulation and sensorimotor education, and to summarize the evidence to date for mechanism and clinical efficacy. Methods: The author’s personal knowledge of SI literature, theory, and practice was supplemented by a data- base search, […]
Structural Integration as an Adjunct to Outpatient Rehabilitation for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
Structural Integration (SI) is an alternative method of manipulation and movement education. To obtain preliminary data on feasibility, effectiveness, and adverse events (AE), 46 outpatients from Boston area with chronic nonspecific low back pain analyzed by Wilcoxon rank sum, = 23?26 mm in SI + OR Neither the proportions of participants with nor the seriousness […]
Explorations of Earth and Sky
Anne Hoff: First some general questions, how long have you been practicing Rolfing Structural Integration (SI)? Sally Klemm: Thirty plus years now. AH: What inspired you to become a Rolfer in the first place? SK: In my case, it was more a matter of who inspired me, rather than what; that “who” being in the […]