Shoulder Tension and the Gestures of Daily Living
Questions: How can I use movement to help a client who has chronic shoulder tension? I remember learning “arm drops” in my training, but I haven’t seen much benefit from that exercise. What are some other ways to use movement to help my client with the tension in her upper trapezius muscles? Answer: In teaching […]
On Continuing Education
Question: I’m a relatively new practitioner and I see many choices and options for continuing education (CE) to fulfill my manipulation and elective credits before advanced training. I have heard that Dr. Rolf said to focus on Rolfing only for a number of years, but I also hear so much about the enhanced results that […]
Towards a Structural Logic
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the theoretical premises and manual technology that combine to make up the method of Rolfing. If not, Dr. Rolf’s book ?Rolfing, the Integration of Human Structures? is recommended’. In addition, some of the ideas that will be presented here are rooted in the osteopathic concepts elaborated […]
D.A.S.I.E
There are many styles of touch: directive, loving, nurturing, abusive, healing, calming, patronizing and seductive. We can become richer therapists by developing our abilities to notice as wide a range of these as possible. Not even necessarily omitting the ?negative? as we should have them in our vocabulary, if only so that we can recognize […]
TraumaSomatics: Access to the Present Moment
<center>Introduction</center> In general the TraumaSomatics method (1) is oriented towards exploring structural and somatic experiences that lead to unconscious, meaningful memory content; helping that content to become conscious; and then processing through it. Combining Structural and Neurological Integration makes our work more demanding. Knowing that structural work is a process of organisation in space and […]
The Reorganization of the Somatic Memory System
The essence of Trauma Somatics Knowledge originating from neuropsychology, psychotherapeutic and somatic therapeutic methods, as well as from medicine and biosciences, combined with modern models of trauma therapy make it evident that the somatic level plays an essential role for development, fixation, and resolution of trauma. (3, 7 ?9) TraumaSomatics® is a therapeutic method that […]
Efeitos do Método Rolfing e da Cinesioterapia no Tratamento de Pacientes Hemiparéticos por Acidente Vascular Encefálico
O Acidente Vascular Encefálico (AVE) é definido como um déficit neurológico focal de surgimento rápido, conseqüente a uma doença cerebrovascular com duração maior que 24 horas (André, 1999; Stokes, 2000). O processo patológico deve-se a algumas causas como: oclusão da luz do vaso por trombos ou êmbolos, ruptura do vaso, alguma lesão ou alteração de […]
Dueling Divas
[:en]Editor’s Note: Ray Bishop passed away on December 5, 2008 (see memorial on page 43). Ray served as an editor for Structural Integration for a number of years. More than that, he was a frequent contributor to the journal, offering up elegantly written and densely footnoted articles that linked Rolfing to other worlds—particularly music. This […]
Muscle Repositioning (reprint)
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, (2008) 12, 213-224, published by Elsevier Ltd. Reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third-party websites are prohibited. Please see the author’s Postscript, which follows the references, for developments since the Elsevier publication. SUMMARY The […]
The Passing of Ida Rolf
I had never laid eyes on Ida Rolf before that raw March 1979 Sunday afternoon when I visited her in a Pennsylvania nursing home. I had come to tape an interview. I had wanted to go directly to the source of the structural integration movement to report the original doctrine rather than someone’s paraphrase. She […]