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Rolfing |
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main goal in Rolfing is to improve health
by bringing the body into proper alignment.
Rolfing moves the body's major muscles
- head, shoulders, arms, chest, pelvis,
and legs - into a vertical alignment with
gravity. The technique of Rolfing loosens
straining fascia, the body's "organ of
structure." Trauma or stress causes the
fascia to become less flexible which makes
it more difficult for the body to move
the muscle. Rolfing restores the memory,
movement, and flexibility of the muscle.
Rolfing is based on the idea that fascia
- the fibrous layers covering muscles
- stiffens, shortens, and loses its elasticity
after prolonged poor posture and mental
and emotional stress. Rolfing stretches
and opens fascia to correct the habitual
patterns of misalignment in the head,
shoulders, abdomen, pelvis, and legs.
When a muscle is in unbalance, the body
compensates for the unbalance by adjusting
to the new setting. They begin to learn
the new setting as normal and develop
long-range effects. |
The muscles memorize or learn the patterns
and what their new purpose is suppose
to be. If they are memorizing the wrong
motion of muscles, then the body becomes
unbalanced.
When one muscle gets injured, the rest
of the body must compensate for the
shortening of the fascia. The goal of
Rolfing is to concentrate on loosening
the shortened fascia and permitting
the body's muscle to balance itself
out. When everything is systematic,
the muscles in the body are lifted up
by gravity and align the segments in
the body.
Rolfing lengthens the tissues in the
muscle and coagulated tissues become
loose and soft. This allows the tissue
to become more limber and pliant. Then,
the body feels the unbalance and compensates
by re-aligning the body.
Conditions Treated
- Poor
posture
- Muscle
tension and pain, especially in the
neck, upper back, and low back
- Other
conditions caused by poor posture
The
goals of most types of massage focuses
on relaxing individual muscles whereas
Rolfing looks to realign and re-sculpt
the entire body into a better working
(and feeling) unit. The goals of Rolfing
require clients to be actively involved
during sessions by performing specific
movements, noticing sensations, and
lots of times getting off of the table
to sit, stand, or walk.
Dr. Paul utilizes modified Rolfing
with Chiropractic to bring the body
into ideal posture in terms of biomechanism
of the body. |
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