Lineage and Inspiration
Q: Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) is essentially passed on as an oral tradition through a lineage of teachers. Can you share a short teaching story or piece of advice from someone in your direct lineage? Something that was impactful to your thinking and way of working and that might be beneficial to others in our […]
The Effects of a Meatless Diet
Editor’s note: The subject of diet and the consumption of animal products can elicit strong opinions. The following article represents the viewpoint of the authors and is not to be construed as an endorsement by the Rolf Institute®. It is presented in order to stimulate thought about factors that may or may not affect our […]
A Periodic Table of Functional MethodsA Periodic Table of Functional Methods
Functional Methods SixFactor Model: Introduction Andrew Taylor Still 1, the creator of osteopathy, focused his treatments on both position and mobility. Position is never static; rather everything constantly moves within appropriate range. Still recognized that body components had to be mobile before they could be moved. During Still’s last years – and more strongly after […]
The Road from Rolfing SI to Initiating Research Studies
(Editor’s Note: This interview took place in October 2015 when Stolzoff was sitting in on a Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) Advanced Training taught by Jan Sultan.) Richard Ennis: Recently, you’ve taken an interest in research and did a study with Western Washington University. What drew you into an interest in research? Russell Stolzoff: There’s been […]
The Implications of Statistical Significance and Clinical Relevance
Introduction by Marie Terrill Karen S. Price has been a Rolfer since 1979 and specializes in working with children, including children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Self-described as a ‘closet-scientist’, Karen recently had the opportunity to work with a research team led by Heidi M. Feldman, MD, PhD, Medical Director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and Professor […]
Down the Rabbit HoleDown the Rabbit Hole
Interviewer’s Note: This interview took place late Sunday afternoon in Washington DC on September 20, 2015 at end of the thitd day of the Fourth International Fascia Research Congress (FRC). I was fortunate to get Robert to agree to this short interview though he had many roles, duties, and demands during the FRC and little […]
Research as a Communitarian and Bottom–up ProcessResearch as a Communitarian and Bottom–up Process
Introduction – Some Considerations Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) is the “Philosophy, Science and Art of integrating the human body structure in space/time and gravity” (Maitland and Sultan 1992). Ida Rolf gave us this gift that we have been using and teaching for over fifty years now, yet how much do we know about it? How […]
Researching of the Art and Science of Rolfing SI
We are all observers. Rolfers™ are taught to ‘see’, to open our focus and observe all aspects of a client’s way of being in gravity. We approach our clients with questions in our minds: “What would happen if. . .?” We take this inquiry into our sessions. Through trial and error, the ever-evolving methods developed […]
Building the Research Base with the 17 Rolfing® ‘Recipe’ for Reproducibility
Introduction by Marie Terrill Karen Price has been a Rolfer since 1979 and specializes in working with children, including children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). CP is a neurological motor disorder. Some types of CP originate with an hypoxic injury (lack of oxygen) to the brain, either in the womb or shortly after birth. Although […]
Research Basics: Definitions, Methods, and Where to Begin
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? Albert Einstein Introduction When entering the research arena, the language and meanings can be dizzying. I recall being a young assistant professor (without a PhD) and having a tenured faculty member who had a PhD scoff at […]