Comments on the World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain
The Seventh Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain, which was held November 9-12, 2010 in Los Angeles California, was an excellent event and experience for this Rolfer and first-time attendee. The spirit of sharing information and helping others rang through the entire event. It was a wide-open window and multidisciplinary forum into […]
An Informal Case Study of Using Other Maps to Explore the Rolfing® Territory
Through her study of Alfred Korzybski and General Semantics, Dr. Rolf became familiar with the catch phrase, “The map is not the territory.” While one could apply this to Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) in the sense of keeping our conceptual working frameworks relative to the reality of what is presented in the individual, by extension […]
Assessment and Thoracic Viscera in SI
[:en]Connective tissue in the human body is a single three-dimensional web comprising approximately 20% of the weight of the body. Dr. Rolf taught that, collectively, this web is the organ of support, defining and maintaining spatial relationships among the other 80% of our body’s constituents. In her work, Rolf worked with much less than this […]
Pelvic Organization and Psoas Function as Influenced by Inflammation and Pregnancy
In this article I want to facilitate an enhanced awareness of major physiological conditions the body goes through that highly influence the internal and external organisation of pelvic structure and psoas function. Some of the bony and functional dysfunctions are protective patterns associated with organs ranging from kidneys to the ovaries and the prostate. These […]
The Culture of the Viscera
Working with the viscera requires that we develop our kinesthetic abilities to sense a more complex arrangement of textures, densities, and movements. Understanding the tissue qualities of visceral anatomy can help us. The fundamental materials and organizing principles of these tissues are the same as those of the myofascial tissues we know as Rolfers. Yet […]
Widening Our View of the Fascial Net
Anne Hoff: I notice that Rolfers who have done visceral work for a long time and are teaching it have a form of it that fits in the Rolfing paradigm. Except for you, Peter, I don’t get a sense that people are doing that with cranial. It seems like there are Rolfers teaching cranial, but […]
Why I Got Foot Surgery
Introduction In this article, I describe hallux rigidus and functional hallux limitus from a clinical perspective, as well as from my own experience with the condition, and my recent surgery and postoperative regimen for recovery. My wish is to educate practitioners so that they can potentially recognize budding symptoms in clients and address underlying […]
Four Fundamental Relationships in the Foot
All Rolfers™ know that the feet are important for structural integrity. Looking at the feet pictured here, you can predict that there will be trouble above, at the knee, pelvis, spine, thorax, and neck. You could even make inferences about the way in which structures above the feet would be displaced based on how the […]
The Arches of the Feet in Standing and Walking, Part 1
The Feet The feet are a fascinating and vital part of the human structure. They have the double function of adapting to the transmission of weight from above and the irregularities of the ground below. As adaptive structures they will shape-shift to reflect what goes on above them in the rest of the body, and […]
On Gait: It’s Hard Looking from the Inside Out
David Clark has been an Certified Advanced Rolfer/Rolf Movement Practitioner for thirty years. He lives and works in the Tampa, Florida area, occasionally taking time out to assist in teaching Rolfing classes.</i> When first asked to do an article about gait, I wondered what could be added to what we already have recently said about […]