Research Committee Requests Information & Assistance
The Research Committee is pursuing two projects you can help us with. The first project is to support and initiate research into the effects of Rolfing on human performance. By this we refer to peak performance, as in winning an athletic competition, setting a world record, performing a accident or other trauma to the body. […]
A Sturdy, Portable Table
I wanted the lightest weight, portable table still sturdy enough for Rolfing a client and holding my 200 pound body. I built one, hoping it would give me at least one good summer’s use before needing modification. It’s lasted five years with no signs of collapse anywhere so it might be of interest to some […]
De Espelhos e Mudanças
Transcrição de capítulo do livro “Sem amarras”, da coleção Aplauso Perfil, sobre Celso Nunes. Autora Eliana Rocha, Editora Imprensa Oficial. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 2007. O que o trouxe até este momento? A busca de si que ele vem empreendendo ha muito tempo. Do teatro ele conseguiu abdicar, mas o processo de autoconhecimento esta em […]
Adult Basic Connective Tissue
FORWARD A body lacking connective tissue would be a pulsating mass of protoplasm. During man’s evolution, connective tissue provided a material for specialization of his various conceptualized systems and a connecting medium for the bio-energetic regulation of the body. As a part of the musculoskeletal system and thereby influences his energy level within this force […]
Conservative Therapy for Low Back Pain
Criteria Several authors have recently suggested criteria for critical readers or investigators to use to evaluate the validity and applicability of therapeutic trials. Following are the criteria chosen for this analysis and a brief rationale for each. Criteria for Validity 1. Randomization.-This is the best way to eliminate many of the biases that can lead […]
Liability Insurance Essential to Professional Security
As little as twenty-five years ago, malpractice suits were few and far between. In those days, when litigation was filed against a hospital, physician, nurse technician, or any of the allied health care practitioners, the suit was ordinarily the result of an extremely serious mishap, and even then only after careful and painstaking consideration. Furthermore, […]
Board of Directors Meeting
I Mission Statement (approximately one hour discussion) The Mission Statement continued as an item of discussion throughout the entire Board Meeting. The purpose of the Mission Statement is to introduce to the general public (and the membership) the contributions of the Rolf Institute and of the Rolfing technique to the health and wellbeing of the […]
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 […]