Common Questions about Rolfing Answered.

Exploring Diet and Health: Insights from Dr. Mark Hyman Changing Views about Diet Exploring changing views about diet while battling systemic inflammation has led me to numerous books by both physicians and scientists. There is a growing mountain of evidence from modern scientific studies suggesting that our understanding of what constitutes healthy eating is not just wrong, but fundamentally backwards. Many of the books I encountered focus on weight loss, yet I am not primar

Rolfing, or structural Integration, is a unique and transformative approach to physical organization. This process of manual therapy manipulates the body's muscle and connective tissues to promote alignment and range of motion.

When we develop lower back pain, it can be alarming. When it does not go away or worsens, it can become quite distressing. Chronic lower back pain can be not just annoying but also debilitating. Relying solely on medications to cope with pain often proves only temporarily effective. Eventually, a person might ponder, "What is actually causing my back pain?" Naturally, someone with persistent lower back pain will consult a medical professional. This can lead to a series of dia

Lies My Doctor Told Me: Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health by Ken D. Berry, MD is a fascinating book. It outlines many medical myths that are not only perpetuated by the public but also by physicians. These commonly believed medical "truths" have often been disproved or questioned by modern research. Yet, medical schools and doctors continue to believe and share them. Many things we have been told about diet, exercise, medication, and self-care have been silently retrac

Addressing Common Questions About Rolfing This blog aims to address questions about Rolfing and alternative health care. It primarily benefits my clients, but it also serves to educate the public about what Rolfing is and what it is not. Among the various articles available online, my post Is Rolfing Quakery is one of the most read. This popularity likely stems from the frequently searched title. I wrote this article in response to the openly hostile Wikipedia article on Ro

Gurdjieff emphasized working with the sensation of the body when trying to be present to the mind and emotions. This is known as Remembering Yourself. In addition, one is to practice self observation, without analysis, while trying to cultivate an impartial view of oneself, and working with the body is an important practice to actualize this.

Most people these days know of the benefits of stretching. Even as children we are taught to stretch a bit and warm up before physical activity or face the danger of injury. Coaches and physical therapists alike generally have a good handful of stretching techniques, and I remember that in martial arts like Aikido we would spend at least 15 minutes stretching and warming up before we began doing anything else. The wide variety of stretches we have had traditionally in the

This book is a must for anyone interested in gut health and food sensitivities. Not only does Dr. Grundy address what foods harm your gut biome, he addresses what foods feed the healthy flora in your gut. In this book we read about the science behind leaky gut syndrome, previously thought to be an unproven myth by many practitioners in the medical field. We learn how many foods can trigger an immune response if they pass through the gut wall unprocessed by the microbes who

I have been assisting with classes at the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute. Although most of the students we are sending out every year are not local, a fair amount of them are. Sometimes it seems like I am simply making more competition for myself if they are going to set up anywhere near my practice, as there is not the demand for Rolfing that you may experience in other disciplines like chiropractic, physical therapy, massage, etc. I do not really to think of it this way though,

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Sciatica is often caused by tightness in the hips and can be the result of nerve impingement due to a hypertonic piriformis.

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