Visceral Manipulation in Structural Work
In structural work we are usually trying to effect the alignment, balance and kinetic behavior of the structure. We try to solve problems in all of these areas. Visceral restrictions (restrictions in the fascia of and around the organs) will impact all of these structural issues. A visceral restriction may be the cause and/or a […]
Structural Integration (reprint)
When his physical body gets into difficulties, trouble spreads to the whole man. It affects his consciousness, and he calls it stress. Many approaches, physical and psychological, have been used by men in their efforts in escape – drugs and massage among the oldest of these. What is the first requirement to relieve this stress? […]
Rolfing the Female Body
ADVANTAGES OF ROLFING FOR PREGNANCY – IMPROVED BODY ALIGNMENT An increasing number of women contemplating pregnancy are choosing to have their bodies “Rolfed” before conception. The advantages this process of structural alignment offers are evident if one considers the predictable strains placed by an enlarging uterus, an altered center of gravity, hormonal changes, and accumulating […]
Crior and Collapse – Part II: Toward the Restoration of Order
Often, people with conditions such as back pain will visit their physician and be handed a list of exercises. Experienced therapists know that there are times when any sheet of exercises may be highly effective. There are other times when the same exercises may be, at best, of minimal help or, at worst, downright harmful. […]
Minutes
PRESENT: Nicholas French Betzy Sise Rhea Rhodes Cynthia Silverman Charles Swenson Siana Goodwin Susan Melchior Neal Powers Richard Stenstadvold I. Opening and Acknowledgements The meeting opened with acknowledgements for everyone. We were especially fortunate to have Richard and Neal as the Executive Committee and Susan as “Admissions” present with us to take part in the […]
Dr. Ida P. Rolf´s 1976 Annual Meeting Message
OPENING REMARKS Greetings to you all – to rolfers, their families and their friends and our guests. I am happy to win the place of choice – early in the program to welcome you all, and to again have the privilege of greeting you, individually and collectively. Year by year I become more painfully aware […]
The Art of Rolfing
When it was first introduced in the early ’60s, structural integration – or rolfing, as it is more commonly known was considered a revolutionary method of aligning the body with gravity through direct, hands-on manipulation. Gradually developed and refined over several decades by Dr. Ida Rolf, a biochemical researcher at the Rockefeller Institute, rolfing quickly […]
External Rotation of the Femur
I would like to share with you some thoughts about “external rotation of the femur”. Jan Sultan clarified an important point for me in his description of “internal and external types”. His external type had a tension in the piriformis muscle of the external rotator group. The effect of a short piriformis is an internal […]
Stress, Stimulus Intensity Control, and the Structural Integration Technique
In recent years, important developments in the field of neurophysiology have led to major discoveries regarding the sensory and motor nervous systems. Computer techniques for analyzing brain waves have made possible new uses for the electroencephalogram in studies of sensory and perceptual functioning. A number of studies have indicated systematic relationships between electrophysiological, biochemical and […]
Health and Natural Law
On reading the appreciation by Dr. Rolf on the new edition of Dr. Henry Lindlahi?s Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics for which I am responsible, I have little to add. I would, however, like to make a new additional observations. The thing which I feel to be most important about this and other works of Lindlahr […]