Case Studies with Yielding, Part 2
Introduction ‘Yielding’ technique (Agneesens and Tahata 2012) is particularly beneficial for use with clients who are sensitive to pressure, as described in an earlier case studies article in this journal (Tahata 2012). In the same vein, this approach can be applied safety with clients who may have reduced bone density. It is common for medical […]
Direct and Indirect Techniques: A Conversation
Jan Sultan On the Direct-Indirect question; after all is said and done, you have to make peace with your own understanding of the terms, so you can make consistent observations. If you are talking to friends or colleagues, you have to define your terms. If other professionals are using the terms differently, you have to […]
Genetic Differences in Pain Sensitivity:
An interesting article in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ (Vol. 96, #14, 7752-7755, July 6, 1999, http://intl.pnas.org/) describes the discovery of a gene (now called ‘mu gene’) which modulates the opiate receptor density of nerves in mice as well as humans. In other words: some folks have a high receptor density for […]
Rolfing Literature Search
These are all the articles having to do with Rolfing which can be found through the National Library o Medicine indexing system (there are ten) This system is publicly available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. For those of you who might want to do your own literature searches, I have written an article on the conceptual review of […]
The Core of the Matter
The concept of “core and sleeve” is central to the Rolfian paradigm of bodywork. Their abstract nature makes them useful descriptive terms for understanding structure in space. These concepts speak clearly to our intuition about the physical body’s relationship to threedimensional reality and are undeniably a part of the rich oral tradition left by Dr.Rolf. […]
Rolfing, Visceral Manipulation, and Acupuncture
In 1983 I was auditing Rolfing class. Van Dam, our assistant teacher, told us during his demonstration of the seventh session that he often did a lot of work on the scalp. I must admit that for many years I never paid much attention to his advice. About 15 years ago, I started to work […]
Rolfing in the Culture of the USA 2004
CONSIDERING HUMAN EVOLUTION Ida P. Rolf often asked, “What is it to be more human, to be more of a human being?” As structural integrators, we observe and address not only structural and mechanical issues, but also the manifestation of human-ness in the world. As such, we see the effects of the ambient culture on […]
Manipulation in the Red Light District
Concerning the recent article by Dr. Jeff rey Maitland, “The Too-Good-To-Be-True Machine:” WEAK MUSCLES? Initially, Dr. Maitland makes a big deal o the “weak muscles” concept. In Dr. Rolf’ context, symptoms of these sorts, regard less of their diagnosable veracity, are seer as outward manifestations of deeper struc tural imbalances. In my experience, this i; […]
Element Four: MOVEMENT
<img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2005/697-1.jpg’> A dancer, Michael Nebadon, formulated some concepts of movement which, for me, have made structural integration a great deal clearer. His idea of expansional balance was already implicit in Dr. Rolf’s concepts of core and sleeve, I think, but she did not fully communicate the dynamic aspect of her vision. Often her students […]
The Relationship of Contralateral Gait and the Tonic Function Model of Structural Integration:
CONTRALATERAL GAIT AS A BAROMETER OF NATURAL HUMAN FUNCTION Contralateral movement of the spine primarily, and of the limbs secondarily, seems to be “hard-wired” into human coordination. Put another way, the human body is designed to walk and run so that the lower trunk and pelvis rotate and the upper trunk and shoulders counter-rotate. The […]