Rolfing Therapies November 2022
A Certified Advanced Rolfer™ works as a problem solver in facilitating the healing process by addressingposture, breath, movement and structural awareness. They work to alleviate pain by discoveringstructural and perceptual limitations, and by identifying new...
The Connection Between Stress and Injuries
Journal of Clinical InvestigationAccording to research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, stress can lower your bone mineral density, leading to an escalated risk of bone-connected injuries like stress fractures. Researchers looked at the...
Healing and the Client and Practitioner Relationship
All healing of the human structure begins with a commitment from the client to change - as well as a practitioner who functions as both a facilitator and a teacher. Whether you want to create a healthier lifestyle for yourself, kick a bad habit, or overcome a...
Fountain of Youth Found!
In St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S., there's a popular tourist attraction dating back a century that purports to be the fountain of youth that Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon, found soon after he arrived in what is now Florida in 1513. We now know that...
What Is A Customized Rolfing Treatment Plan?’
Are you one of the many who struggle with the feeling that your body is no longer working the way it should? A Rolfing® Structural Integration Therapeutic Plan with Certified Advanced Rolfer Bob Alonzi may be the answer to your search. Rolfing is a specific type of...
Improve Your Quality of Life
The body was designed to move, adapt and change with our environment. According to designedtomove.org, “In less than two generations, physical activity has dropped by 20% in the U.K. and 32% in the United States. In China, the decline is 45% in less than one...
Form & Function
Do you experience a sharp pain in your lower back when you bend over to retrieve the morning paper? Perhaps you feel a persistent neck ache that you contribute to long hours sitting in front of the computer? If tension, constriction, and pain have become recurring...
Adaptive Patterns vs Compensatory Patterns of Movement
Rolfing, or Structural Integration, is based on the work of Dr. Ida Rolf who believed that there is a natural alignment of the body and its systems based on gravity. She believed that, over time, people adapt their movements to compensate for injury, illness,...
The Benefits of Combining Mental and Physical Therapies
It is well documented that an individual’s mental state can profoundly affect their physical health. Depression, for example, causes changes in the brain’s functions that can result in a myriad of physical problems including (among others), chronic fatigue,...
Rolfing and Yoga Work Together January 2022
Rolfers and yoga practitioners alike find that the two disciplines naturally complement each other in many aspects including improving flexibility and coordination. Ida Rolf, the founder of Rolfing, practiced yoga for many years. A key aspect of yoga is striving...
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