Estudo de Pacientes com Síndrome Fibromiálgica Tratados pelo Método Rolfing de Integração Estrutural
Estudo de Pacientes com Síndrome Fibromiálgica Tratados pelo Método Rolfing de Integração Estrutural Paula Stal de Campos Maia Estudo de pacientes com síndrome fibromiálgica tratados pelo método Rolfing® de Integração Estrutural Dissertação apresentada à Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo para obtenção do título de Mestre em Ciências Área de concentração: Neurologia Orientador: […]
ROLFING® – Integração Estrutural na Lombalgia Sem Diagnóstico
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Holism in the Helping Professions: Not a Matter of Choice
Our assigned task was to write about holism in the helping professions. Much has been written about holism since the 1970’s. Traditional approaches to change have labeled it radical, not clear or understandably different from current practices, and “New Age” dribble from those who hallucinated in the Sixties. All of these charges are true. Historically, […]
Structural Stretches / Self Exploration and Cultivating the Vertical
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This manual was created and compiled with the help of so many friends over the years, and in so many different places that it has, in fact, become a truly worldwide collaboration of many hearts and minds. First of all I must acknowledge the profoundly important foundational work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf and […]
Intersubjectivity and The Practice Of Rolfing®
Literature ReviewIt is well known that the therapeutic alliance (i.e., the collaborative relationship between patient and therapist) plays a major role in the outcome of therapy, even more so than technique. A primary component of this alliance is the emotional bond that is formed and the regulation of feelings between patient and therapist (Cozolino, 2006; […]
Rolfing’s Effect on Autonomic Function
We are pleased to announce that Phase I research article, “Rolfing Pelvic Lift Procedure and Associated Changes in Parasympathetic Tone” has been accepted by Physical Therapy, the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. This represents the first time a paper on Rolfing has been published in a major American medical journal. The Phase I […]
NBM e MNC: Narrative-Based-Medicine e Medicine Non Convenzionali
Le Medicine non convenzionali sembrano più adatte a rispondere a quella crisi di fiducia che nasce dalla tendenza della biomedicina di trattare la malattia esclusivamente dal punto di vista biologicopatologico, come qualcosa da eliminare dal vissuto esperienziale dei soggetti coinvolti. ?(1) La richiesta che arriva dalla parte dei pazienti è di essere presi in considerazione […]
The Body-Mind Relationship
A I always check to see if I am dealing with a fixation in perception/coordination (inhibition) or a fixation in the tissues (lesion). If it is a lesion, I proceed to do tissue work using a wide spectrum of touch and structural techniques. If it is an inhibition, I also proceed to first do tissue […]
Ação ou Contração Muscular?
O tecido muscular está sempre envolvido na execução de gestos, expressõesdeslocamentos. O termo contração muscular, em verdade, não descreve o comportamento do tecido muscular adequadamente, porque as atividades neste tecido podem envolver o encurtamento de suas células, podem mantê-las em um certo comprimento e, ainda, podem expandi-las gradativamente. Em razão destas possibilidades, a ação muscular […]
Structural Stretches – Presentation
Let me tell you the history of the project that you?re gonna see. This manual that you have in your hands actually is the result of an empirical experiment that has been going on for 16 years. When I first graduated in clinical psychology ? that was in São Paulo in 1973 ? I joined […]