Structural Integration

Author’s Note: This article is the second part of “The Art of Rolfing SI and The Art of Sculpture” which appeared in the March 2017 issue. In 1978, when I was thirty years old, I was in therapy (art therapy) and received the Ten Series. Almost immediately, my orientation changed from being an intellectual and a scholar to being a physical laborer, doing construction and furniture moving but also art and sculpture. In light of the theme of this issue, “Rolfing SI, Psyche, and Consciousness,” I decided to reduce my personal viewpoint from this article so that elements of transformation that I underwent might be understood more analytically and objectively. My personal aim is to understand what happened to me almost forty years ago and my hope is that this approach will illuminate for the reader the fascinating and mysterious relationship between SI and psychological growth. The artwork included is meant not to illustrate any of the ideas discussed but simply to record a personal journey and to evoke a feeling.

“If you have a liver structure that is functioning very badly and the rest of your body is doing reasonably well, you will be taking away energy from your general store to keep that liver going.”1 Ida P.Rolf

Richard Rossiter has developed a system to give persons exposed to repetitive stress environments, such as factory workers, fast and effective tools for getting – and staying – out of pain. He likes things short and to the point; and has developed clear, specific techniques that get results. Part One – presented in the June 2002 issue of Structural Integration – introduced the basics of Richard Rossiter’s work and shared insights from corporate Rossiter System trainers and users. With that background information in place, this article presents specific Rossiter techniques for the back and explores theories to explain their effectiveness.

This article outlines the usefulness of thinking about contralateral gait in doing structural integration. Tonic function theory posits four structures to be considered in the context of structural integration. One of these structures is referred to as coordinative structure. A persons gait is an example of a coordinative structure. Integrating coordinative exercises into the flow of structural integration can help the client in finding contralateral gait in the aftermath of a session. Contralateral gait is often a confusing topic for body-workers and movement teachers. Improved definitions, taking time to find specific perceptions and embodiment of the movement, may help clarify this topic.

I know this has been mentioned before but ASAPQI need what CPT code you use for Rolfing. I used 97120 with a hospital here that approved Rolfing and they rejected that code saying it is invalid – so what code do you use and how many units so as to be reimbursed enough?Valerie Berg