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Innovations in Back Work
One of the problems with success is that it tends to repeat itself. The back work we do on the bench in Rolfing is probably some of the most successful back work in the business. The client lets their head drop forward as we work downwards in the layers of connective tissue with our elbows […]
Rolfing by the Rules
In striving to gain another level of1 conceptual clarity around our understanding of the Rolfing “recipe”, I remembered a distinction used in philosophical ethics and realized it applies to our work. The distinction is between two kinds of rules: constitutive rules and rules of strategy. Consider any game such as checkers, five-card stud, and the […]
The Palintonic Lines of Rolfing
WHAT IS A ROLF LINE? Thomas Hanna once said something like the following: “Bodywork is a practice in search of a theory.” Even though I think conceiving of Rolfing as a form of bodywork is a great mistake, Hanna’s recognition of the need for theory certainly seems to apply to our work. Dr. Rolf already […]
Freedom Versus Integration
Much is made about the difference between theory and practice. Pragmatists will assert that all that matters is how you get he work done. That is certainly true, but equally trivial. Rolfers work according to an overriding paradigm they have. Of course, everyone always feels that they are doing “just what this client needs”, as […]
Report on Research
As I stated in my earlier report, the Rolfing Research Advisory Group decided to develop a research plan that reflects the needs of the Rolfing community. This plan will focus on identifying the benefits as well as the contra-indications and possible side effects of Rolfing. The research program is designed to use research as a […]
Rolfing… An Eye to the Future
BH: What’s the case for insuring your employees for Rolfing? LM: We put Rolfing in place in 1989 because we’re very progressive with case management as it relates to medical clients’ general health insurance and that is having personal experience with Rolfing. Our plan also offers chiropractic care, of 26 visits a year. (Literal cost […]
Getting Beyond Manipulation and Movement Cue to an Integration of Structural and Functional lnterventions
I must preface this article by making explicit my assumption that adaptive capability precedes in importance how a person looks in before and after pictures. This may seem common sense, but most of the Rolfed bodies I have come across are no more adaptable or intelligent than un rolfed ones. In some ways they are […]
Impulse Formation in Underresponsive Tissue
How do we as Rolfers work with our clients where tension, holding and awareness seem to be lacking, where their tissue is flaccid, less responsive, and slower to respond to touch and verbal suggestion? How do we vary our touch; do we press harder or softer? Do we ask f or movement? Do we look […]
Bell’s Palsy
One-sided swelling of the facial nerve within its canal which gives rise to paralysis or weakness of the facial muscles supplied by the nerve. Most commonly Idiopathic and/or familial, occasion ally associated with Herpes zoster or simplex, sometimes caused by exposure to cold. Usually arises suddenly (over a few days) and presents with total or […]