About Rolfing® si
Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) is a form of manual therapy whose goal is to open, balance, and align the body by working the connective tissue. SI was developed and practiced by Dr. Rolf in the 1940s.
Instead of working with specific muscles, a Certified Rolfer® works with fascia, which is the webbing that surrounds and supports all muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, nerves, and organs. Rolfing® is a holistic practice that emphasizes whole body structural integration and functional flexibility, mobility, and efficiency.
Over our lifetime, we develop various holding patterns due to poor posture, accidents, injuries, various life stressors and traumas. As a result, the fascia can restrict the body from moving freely which may cause tightness, pain, or other discomfort throughout the body.
Dr. Rolf originally developed Rolfing® SI to take place over the course of ten sessions, each session building upon the last. It is an individualized approach to viewing a person’s structure and function in regards to their pain and injury history.
“This is the gospel of Rolfing: When the body gets working appropriately, the force of gravity can flow through. Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself.
-Dr. Ida P. Rolf”
CONDITIONS Rolfing® can help
This is not an exhaustive list. If what you’re dealing with has not been listed, please feel free to reach out to ask me more about how I can help you.
Reduce or resolve chronic and acute pain
Alleviate chronic tension and stress
Enhance body awareness
Enhance athletic and physical performance
Assist with injury prevention and recovery
Reduce stress and improve emotional health and well-being
Improve and resolve postural restrictions
Increase range of motion and flexibility
Greater ease and freedom of movement
Avoid or delay some orthopedic surgeries
Resolve some forms of trauma
Arthritis (various types)
Fibromyalgia
Neck/back pain and tension
Multiple sclerosis
Scoliosis
TMJ disorders
Sciatic nerve pain
Neuropathy and neuralgia
Plantar fasciitis
Golfer and tennis elbow
Joint pain
Head injuries
Tendinitis and Tendinosis
Frozen shoulder
IT Band syndrome
Tunnel syndromes
Torticollis
Growing pains
Dupuytren’s contracture
