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Structure, Function, Integration Journal – Vol. 48 – Nº 1

Dr. Ida Rolf Institute
Volume: 48
CORWIN, Heather
Pages: 78-82
Year 2020
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BELLUZZI, Joy
Pages: 75-77
Year 2020
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MASSA, Heidi
PRADO, Pedro
Pages: 72-74
Year 2020
Caspari, of São Paulo, Brazil, was for many years a key figure in the Rolfing® Structural Integration community worldwide. Her contributions, through her teaching and her writing, are enormous. Here she is remembered by two colleagues. We also share a selected bibliography of her written contributions.
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CASPARI, Monica
MAKYIAMA, Tomas
Pages: 67-71
Year 2020
Monica Caspari interviews Tomas Makiyama, a blind Rolfer in São Paulo, Brazil, about Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) training, body readings, and his insights into creativity and adaptability, among other topics.
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KEEN, Lael Katharine
Pages: 64-66
Year 2020
Rolfing and Rolf Movement Instructor Lael Katherine Keen gives a detailed overview of how to incorporate arm work into the Ten Series to support integration not just of the upper limb but the whole body.Rolfing and Rolf Movement Instructor Lael Katherine Keen gives a detailed overview of how to incorporate arm work into the Ten Series to support integration not just of the upper limb but the whole body.
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BOBLETT, Michael
FRANK, Kevin
Pages: 57-63
Year 2020
Michael Boblett interviews Kevin Frank on the art of reaching back into the human – and pre-human – family tree to reawaken lost patterns of movements. What sets this interview apart is a firm emphasis on the day-to-day needs of clients in a busy Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) practice. In their dialogue, Kevin and Michael provide a very practical set of suggestions, things that work.
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GOODWIN, Siana
HACK, Lina
Pages: 1-5
Year 2020
This interview revisits a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) in industry success story. Siana Goodwin shares from her years of experience working onsite at a hearing-aid manufacturing company – work that directly reduced workers’ compensation costs for a large employer. There is much to learn about hands and arms, and especially carpal tunnel, from her work with this specific client population.
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BADENES, Bibiana
Pages: 49-52
Year 2020
This article first discusses the sensory and functional qualities of the human hand; Bibianna Badenes uses sensorial words that illustrate the expansive qualities of the hand. Second the reader is invited into a series of hand movement interventions to support self-care for the hands of Rolfers and all hard-working hands.
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BURCH, Jeffrey
This article describes aspects of shoulder-joint impingement including a definition of the condition, the contribution of anatomic variants, features of normal kinematics, and directions for assessment of some of these features. Awareness of these aspects can support a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) practitioner in providing superior individualized service to clients.
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BOBLETT, Michael
Pages: 42-45
Year 2020
ABSTRACT This article focuses on the phylogeny of the human hand. Paralleling his earlier work on the evolution of bipedalism from Ardipithecus through Australopithecus to the genus Homo, Boblett examines the no-less-radical development of the hand. Though our hands look far more similar to those of our simian ancestors than is the case with our feet, the changes in structure and function are no less profound. Boblett concludes with some practical advice on self-care of hands for Rolfers.
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BOBLETT, Michael
Pages: 35-41
Year 2020
The focus of this article is on freeing and strengthening the human hand. Specifically, Michael Boblett presents some practical ideas you may pass on    to clients. There is a list of stretches designed to make the hand more flexible by freeing the various proximal phalanges and their respective metacarpals from being stuck to one another and to their neighbors. There is also some advice about various kinds of equipment for hanging, which can be used to apply distal distraction to impingements, especially in the wrist. The article ends with the usual reminder that there are unanswered questions.
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HACK, Lina
Year 2020
A conversation about hands and arms with Jan Sultan.The discussion explores the contrast between how hands and arms were underemphasized by Dr. Rolf and the modern inclusion of that material in the ‘Recipe’.
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BERG, Valerie
Pages: 20-29
Year 2020
This article comes from the author’s experience of a trauma to her hands and arm. This inspired her to study in depth the shoulder girdle to the tips of the fingers. She discusses the fingers and how three-dimensional (3D), multiplanar movement is necessary for a fully functioning hand and arm.
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BRUNGARDT, Tessy
FREED, Ellen
Pages: 17-19
Year 2020
Ellen Freed interviews her Rolfing faculty colleague Tessy Brungardt in this broad discussion of the arms, hands, and shoulders, touching into the holistic nature of our work, the arms in whole-body patterns, issues from injury and overuse, and the range of touch that makes our work most effective.
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OBERMEIER, Konrad
Pages: 15-16
Year 2020
ABSTRACT Structure is a dynamic, developmental movement. An embryological perspective can contribute to our understanding of structure and can provide us with insights into the practical work of structural integration. Development and differentiation follow lawful principals and what is described in the brief article below in respect to the organization of the foot is relevant to arm or hand development as well.
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KLINGLER, Werner
SCHLEIP, Robert
Pages: 11-14
Year 2020
ABSTRACT The ubiquitous network of fascial tissues in the human body is usually regarded as a passive contributor to musculoskeletal dynamics. This review aims to highlight the current understanding of fascial stiffness regulation. Notably the ability for active cellular contraction which may augment the stiffness of fascial tissues and thereby contribute to musculoskeletal dynamics. A related narrative literature search via PubMed and Google Scholar reveals a multitude of studies indicating that the intrafascial presence of myofibroblasts may enable these tissues to alter their stiffness. This contractile tissue behavior occurs not only in several pathological fibrotic contractures but has also been documented in normal fasciae. When viewed at time frames of seconds and minutes the force of such tissue contractions is not sufficient for exerting a significant effect on mechanical joint stability. However, when viewed in a time-window of several minutes and longer, such cellular contractions can impact motoneuronal coordination. In addition, over a time frame of days to months, this cellular activity can induce long-term and severe tissue contractures. These findings tend to question the common clear distinction between active tissues and passive tissues in musculoskeletal dynamics.
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BERG, Valerie
AHREND-LÖNS, Jörg
FRANK, Kevin
SCHEWE, John
SCHWIND, Peter
TAHATA, Hiroyoshi
Year 2020
ABSTRACT For this issue, some of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® (DIRI) faculty members share: their approach to working with hands and arms, when they encountered DIRI training regarding hands and arms, and the evolution of how they currently approach teaching hand and arm territory in the classroom.
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