Scientific Exploration of Rolfing® SI in the Holistic Paradigm through the Case Study Method
Perhaps the greatest challenge for the scientific investigation of our work is its essential holism: the multi-dimensional and holistic attributes that give structural integration its conceptual richness also complicate the scientific assessment of its results. Segmentation of reality and isolation of phenomena, often used for controlling multiple variables, in our context poses the risk of […]
Average Client with Low Back Pain and Shoulder Injury
[:en] Anita Boser practices Hellerwork® Structural Integration and teaches yoga in Issaquah, Washington. She wrote Relieve Stiffness and TFMeel Young Again with Undulation, which turned into a computer program, Undulation Break, that reminds people to move fluidly when at the computer. She can be reached at [email protected]. Abstract Even when the primary goal is […]
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Linda McClure graduated as a Hellerwork® Structural Integration practitioner in 1989 and is the founding director of the Australian School of Applied Structural Integration. She has taught for many years in the fields of structural bodywork and somatic psychology. She studied extensively with Judith Aston during the 90s and is an Aston® Movement therapist. She […]
Benefits of Structural integration for CrossFit Athletes Competing in the “Sport of Fitness”
Abstract Kevin Kula is a KMI Structural Integrator, Fascial Stretch Therapist and holds five CrossFit certifications. Kevin is a serial entrepreneur, author, marketer, teacher (Stretch to Win) and business owner (Ready State Fitness). In January 2012, Kevin’s CrossFit Journal article, “Moving Beyond Muscle” was published describing the benefits of structural integration and Fascial Stretch Therapy™ […]
Pectus Excavatum and Structural Integration: A Case Study
Denise Foster Scott is a Certified Advanced Soma Practitioner and has been in practice since 2008 in Washington and Oregon. She is an instructor at the Soma Institute of Neuromuscular Integration® teaching anatomy and physiology as well as core Soma structural integration principles. Denise is also the current Vice-President of IASI. You may reach Denise […]
Research and Relevance: Sometimes the Best Answer is a Question
Emily developed her love of the natural world and science while growing up in Austin, Texas. She has been a bodyworker since 2000, and began her Rolfing® training in Germany, where she and her husband Chuck lived for six years. Emily is a Board Certified Structural IntegratorCM and Certified Advanced RolferTM with a Rolfing practice […]
Fascia Research Creates Opportunities for Community and Personal Growth
Bethany Ward, MBA, BCSICM, CARTM, is a Rolf Movement® practitioner and instructor at the Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration. Past-president and current board member of the Ida P. Rolf Research Foundation, she serves on the International Fascia Research Congress Steering Committee. A self-proclaimed fascia geek, Ward can’t stop talking about fascia and structural integration—whether […]
Past as Prologue
Thomas Myers is the author of Anatomy Trains (2001, 2009, 2013) and, with James Earls, Fascial Release for Structural Balance (2010) and over 100 articles for trade magazines and journals. Tom directs the Kinesis Myofascial Integration Structural Integration certification program, as well as offering continuing professional development courses worldwide. Tom lives with his partner, Quan, […]
Structural Integration in the United States in 2013
Milree Keeling, R.N., M.S., BCSITM, happily practices KMI Structural Integration in central Massachusetts, where she practiced as a nurse-midwife for over 20 years. She is the secretary to the Board of Directors of the IASI, and chair of its Law and Legislation Committee. In 2011, the MA Nurse Practice Act was revised to remove physician […]
Strain and Counterstrain for Structural Integrators
Caryn Pierce, PT, JSCC, BCSI, MTC, graduated from Andrews University with a BS in anatomy and physiology in 1994 and an MS in physical therapy in 1995. After 17 years of clinical practice and three professional certifications—strain and counterstrain (www.jiscs.com), structural integration (www.anatomytrains.com), and manual therapy-joint manipulation (www. usa.edu)—she is just now starting her own […]