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Manual Therapy
Rolfing Structural Integration
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In my practice Rolfing® Structural Integration is GENTLE! We work to relieve pain, speed up recovery, enhance physical performance, and to help you find more comfort in your body while at rest. We work to reduce neuromuscular tension and inefficient holding patterns, this will help the body self-organize. Resulting in a more comfortable and functional body, clients tend to report feeling and moving the best they have in years.
Sessions involve movement education and manual pressure. The pressure may feel very gentle or deep depending on the individual's tissue, but is not painful. It should feel satisfying and appropriate to the client.
Like learning a language this work has more results when taken thru a burst of sessions.
If you are wanting to do the things you love without pain, more body awareness and to improve your overall health in the Crested Butte Gunnison Valley, Rolfing® is a great option for you.
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Rolfing® is a body based therapy that helps improve the structure and function of the human body while in the gravitational field. This happens through hands-on manipulation work and movement education. Rolfing® focuses on the fascia layers, the nervous system, and body movement patterns. In a session the pressure is satisfying and appropriate to the client, a sensation that feels good and not painful. By working with these systems, at a slow speed, the body may shift into better alignment. Through the Rolfing® Structural Integration process clients begin to develop functional patterns and pathways. This process is like a “re-start” for the body to become more functional, efficient, and aligned.
More information go to: rolf.org
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Like learning a language, traveling the world, financial freedom or any goal we set, it takes time to get there. Putting in time will allow the body to remember what it is you are trying to do. The Rolfing® 10-series is the classic whole body formula developed by Dr. Ida P. Rolf in the 1940's. Systematically it works in a way that each session builds on the last and continues on to the next allowing the greatest change possible to occur. This sequence enables the effects to not only last, but continues an intelligent process to systematically balance and organize the body.
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chronic pain
headache/migraines
bow legs (genu varum)
knocked knees (genu valgum)
back pain
hip pain
shoulder pain
plantar fasciitis
carpal tunnel
body tension
better posture
acute injuries
athletic performance
stress
TMJ
attitude
feeling better!
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Have you ever had a Physical Therapy session or an advanced massage? You can imagine Rolfing® looks like these two therapy’s mixed as one. But the method/technique of Rolfing is very different from massage or PT. Rolfing sessions are tailored to the client and what their needs/goals are. Not one mold fits all, in Rolfing® we are molding each session specifically to the client. I do this by looking at how the client moves their body. I am testing, working, re-testing.
If you are a new client I’ll have you fill out paper work prior to your session.
Appropriate clothing:
Women: Sports bra/bra, tank, shorts, underwear, bikini
Men: boxer briefs, athletic shorts
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Rolfing and Chiropractic both seek to align the body through hands-on manipulation. Rolfing lengthens and balances the fascia so that it’s congruent to the client. By balancing the fascia, any tension and imbalances are corrected. Chiropractic focuses primarily on the alignment of bones and joints by using high velocity to move the bone to its proper position. However, If there is restriction in the fascia chiropractic adjustments won’t be effective because the bones are getting pulled out of alignment from the restricted fascia.
*Another big difference is the time. A chiropractic appointment will normally be under 10 minutes of hands on work, whereas a Rolfing session will be 65 minutes of hands on work. Fascia takes much longer to work with then a grade 5 high velocity chiropractic appointment.
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