Internal/External:
This year is the 59th anniversary year of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in England. I happened to hear some of her Golden jubilee address on television, and I was struck by one thing she said: that the English are a practical race, not given to theory. W.H. Auden called Britain the Empiric Isles, and there certainly […]
Fibromyalgia
Sandy Collins There is quite a lot of thought around fibromyalgia being trauma related. I would suggest the possibility of working with the “trauma” model – Peter Levine’s Waking the Tiger. Also I think a good acupuncturist might be able to help systemically. Bill Morrow I am in the same office with other practitioners, an […]
Cervical Compression
Sandy Collins I have a client, a flight nurse, who lifted a 250 lb. man on a litter into a helicopter. She has seen a neurosurgeon and had an MRI with a C5-C6 compression diagnosis. She has had severe left shoulder pain extending from about C3 to her left wrist, including the scapula, and has […]
Therapy Balls and Rolfing – Reprint
In 1997 I presented a program at the Roll Institute’s Annual Meeting demonstrating how I use therapy balls in my work. Al that time I learned that many Rolfers have at least one large therapy ball in their office. However, many people said they didn’t know how to incorporate balls into their sessions. Introducing therapy […]
Structure and Energy
Structural Integration is a system by which the semi-plastic tissues of the human organism are re-ordered so as to effect specific predictable changes in structure and function. It is a process by which mechanical energy is systematically introduced into myofascial connective tissue systems. One of the more striking results of this process is the structural […]
Fascia Is Able to Contract in a Smooth-Muscle-Like Manner and Thereby Influence Musculoskeletal Mechanics
SUMMARY With immunohistological analysis we demonstrate the presence of myofibroblasts in normal human fasciae, particularly the fascia lata, plantar fascia, and the lumbar fascia. Density was found to be highest in the lumbar fascia and seems to be positively related to physical activity. For in vitro contraction tests we suspended strips of lumbar fascia from […]
Blue Lu and the White Witch
The year is about 1986, and it all centers on a wonderful Southern gentleman named Al Rose. I will relate a few of the highlights I remember of Al, my time in New Orleans, and how I came to rolf a legend of jazz. I was working in Maryland practicing Rolfing® Structural Integration. My husband, […]
On Explanation on the Nature of the Column
I am endlessly impressed with the enduring curiosity of many Rolfers about any aspects or phenomena related to bodily existence that might be clinically useful to them in achieving their objectives as Rolfers. For many of us, basic training and the Recipe is just the beginning of an ongoing inquiry into the nature of this […]
Rolfing and Yoga
The consciousness that passes as normal in the world at large is a consciousness of separation. It is also a very disembodied consciousness. Fittingly, the word yoga means “to yoke” or “to join together” and suggests a path of practices that can put the pieces back together through healing the sense of estranged separation (self […]
Healing the Horse
INTRODUCTION Many horses are more than just pets. They are competitive athletes, performing at levels akin to that of Olympic athletes. Endurance events require horses to demonstrate incredible stamina and cardiovascular health as they traverse distances of fifty to one hundred miles over hazardous terrain. Other equestrians compete in events placing high levels of […]