Healing from Within
Pain is not our friend. In fact, many of us live lives of impaired quality due to chronic pain. Walking upright gave man the ability to see prey at a distance, but the human skeleton pays a price. There are 500,00 back surgeries while more than 1% of Americans are...
Self-Care in a Time of Covid-19
A day off work to relax at home is a stress reliever, but spending every single day at home has quite the opposite effect for many people. The loss of work-home rhythm, the frustrations of children suddenly home all day, 24 hour spouse time, all exist on top of...
Rolfing in a Time of Coronavirus
As “social distancing,” “shelter in place,” and “pandemic” become part of our vocabulary, personal care and therapy sessions are less available. For the vast number of people who are working from home and suddenly less able to go to the gym or therapy services, there...
Finding the Body You’ve Forgotten
Do you remember the exuberance of running through the woods on a spring day, the rhythmic sound of footsteps, the rush of spirit that promises no limit? Or maybe you remember long rambling walks exploring new cities or countryside when all your senses were on high...
Living in Pain? Consider Rolfing
One person’s journey back from pain Like many Americans I had suffered my share of back challenges, sports injuries in high school, a fall from a scaffold in college. My youthful body shook these off over time, but as my 30’s gave way to 40’s there was chronic pain,...
Rolfing Reviews as Relevant Research Reports
Rolfing is a form of deep tissue massage developed by Dr. Ida Rolf as an alternative treatment for a variety of health issues. While pharmaceutical companies have vast sums to pour into research to demonstrate the effectiveness of their drugs, alternative therapy...
Give Your Employees a Christmas Present and Save Big
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , lost time from absenteeism has cost employers over $225 billion every year. A study reported that unscheduled absenteeism costs $3,600 a year for each hourly worker and $2,650 for each salaried...
A Guide to Considering Rolfing for Treatment of Pain and Stress
What is Rolfing? Rolfing is a whole-body treatment designed by Ida Rolf in the 1970s. Over a number of sessions practitioners work systematically through the whole body, addressing issues such as breathing, pelvic floor support, and length and lift in mid-section....
Rolfing as a Treatment for Anxiety
Anxiety has been for many years an all but invisible problem in the United States. At the same time, more than 40 million American adults are affected . Of this large group only 36.9% receive treatment. The causes of anxiety disorder are complex and include genetics,...
Seven Benefits of Rolfing
Rolfing is a soft tissue manipulation and movement education that organizes the whole body in gravity, originally developed by Ida Rolf. Rolfing affects the body’s structure by manipulating the connective tissues. Often considered a deep-tissue approach, rolfing...
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