Just Spell My Name Right
It was 1979. I had been a Rolfer? for two years and my practice was in the tank. The bills were piling up and I knew that I needed paying clients or my new career would be short-lived. Luckily, I lived in Boulder at the time, so attending the Rolf Institute?s® Annual Meeting that year […]
The Center of Rolfing® SI
The universe has no center and no edges. In order to be an organism in said universe, we need a center and an edge. In order to have a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) profession, we all need centers and edges. The center is where you are and the edges are where people meet. These have […]
Advanced Training
A Rolfer’s education begins with the basic training, is enhanced by the integration of movement education, is further deepened by the intermediate training (represented by the 18 hours of continuing education required for admission to the advanced training), and culminates with the advanced training. ln a very real sense, a Rolfer who has not mastered […]
A Reply
Both of these articles address an aspect of the chiropractic model, what has been called the “foot-on-thehose” theory or the “hard-bone-on-a-soft-nerve” theory. Both do so with some justification, and both with some misunderstanding. Ida takes a structural slant and Marcela Ullman a neurologic one, though both use the model as a starting place. Ida criticizes […]
Hyper and Hypomobility
Among the important concepts that Dr. Ida Rolf gave us is: looking for the solution of a body problem far removed from where the problem itself appears. This concept is shared by Ostheopathic schools and by other global techniques, like the Meziere’s Technique. We shouldn’t underestimate the range of this assumption, which can lead us […]
Overcoming Repetitive Motion Injuries the Rossiter Way
Overcoming Repetitive Motion Injuries the Rossiter Way by Richard Rossiter is an easy-to-read, informational, “how-to” book on relieving pain from cumulative trauma through a series of stretching exercises. Those who read the Rolf Forum regularly are familiar with Richard, a.k.a. RHR and Mr. Fix It. He willing to share on various topics and is never […]
Interview with Louis Schultz, Ph.D.
Ray: Louis, I’m very interested in the path that led you to Rolfing- as well as why you played such a critical role in the development of the anatomy lead-in for you trainings. Let’s start with your educational background. Louis: I started out as a biology major and received my Ph.D. in endocrinology and biochemistry […]
Rolfing the Mood
Goal: The goal of my research was to try to prove that Rolfing induced improvement both in the body (posture) and the mind (mood). Tools: I used a stabilometric footboard to confirm the first and a profile of mood states to confirm the second. Sample Population: A group of 20 people underwent the basic Rolfing […]
Contact Stabilization for Bodywork Practitioners
Myofascial manipulation techniques involve the direct, manual application of pressure in dense, slowly changing, work-hardened regions of tissue. The magnitude of compression and torque-related forces that must be generated to change tissue at acceptable rates are significant and have the potential for inducing strain and chronic problems in the structure of the practitioner. This is […]
Talking to Ida Rolf
These “sayings” of Dr. Rolf were found in a sheaf of type-written class notes that has been copied many times, passed on from student to student. I got it from a fellow student and have no idea from whom it originated; nor did he. The class notes came from a number of different classes, suggesting […]