Rolfing® Structural Integration
Rolfing® Structural Integration
Treating Pain, Injury, Restriction, and Structural Dysfunction.
Restoring Mobility, Structural Balance, and Function.
Rolfing® Structural Integration is a systematic form of hands-on structural bodywork developed by Dr. Ida P. Rolf.
It works directly with the fascia and the structural relationships of the body to release restrictions, reduce unnecessary tension and compression, restore movement, and improve the way the body organizes itself in gravity.
Most people come to me when something hurts, something has been injured, or something no longer moves the way it should.
Rolfing® & Vitality
Structural Integration as a Vitalistic Therapy
Dr. Ida P. Rolf titled her book Rolfing®: Reestablishing the Natural Alignment and Structural Integration of the Human Body for Vitality and Well-Being. That title expresses the larger purpose of the work.
At Valeo, I understand Rolfing® as a vitalistic therapy. Skilled structural work releases physical restriction and supports the organism’s capacity to organize, adapt, restore movement, and express greater vitality.
This is where my two practices meet. Vitalistic Naturopathy works with the conditions governing vitality throughout the organism. Rolfing® works directly with the physical structure through which vitality is expressed in movement, posture, breath, and function.
Four Paths Through the Work
The Rolfing® pages below carry the detailed anatomy, clinical applications, whole-body series, and performance work. This page remains the overview of Rolfing® Structural Integration at Valeo.
Connective Tissue
What Is Fascia?
Fascia is the continuous connective-tissue network Rolfing® works with. Understanding how restriction travels through this network helps explain why pain and limitation often involve more than the place where symptoms are felt.
Focused Structural Work
Pain & Injury Treatment
Focused Rolfing® work for pain, injury, nerve impingements, restricted movement, and structural problems. This section also addresses circumstances in which people may wish to explore modifiable structural factors before surgery.
Whole-Body Structural Integration
The Rolfing® Ten Series
Dr. Ida P. Rolf's ten-session progression for whole-body Structural Integration, moving from the superficial layers through the core and into integration of the entire structure.
Sport & Movement
Performance Enhancement
Rolfing® for athletes, yoga practitioners, performers, and active people seeking greater range of motion, adaptability, and physical freedom.
Your Rolfing® Session
Your Rolfing® Session
Your first appointment allows up to 90 minutes so that we can discuss your history, examine the problem, assess posture and movement, and begin the work.
Subsequent Rolfing® sessions are approximately 75 minutes.
Treatment is highly interactive. I may have you stand, walk, move a joint, or change position during the session so that we can evaluate changes as they occur.
For a specific pain, injury, or restriction, we work according to the needs of the problem. There is no required series of sessions.
For whole-body Structural Integration, we can undertake the Ten Series.
Rolfing® at Valeo
Rolfing® at Valeo
I am a Certified Rolfer from the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute and have practiced Rolfing® Structural Integration for more than twenty years, working with chronic pain, difficult injuries, nerve impingements, structural restrictions, athletes, and people seeking greater freedom and function in their bodies.
My purpose is to help you move better, function better, recover from injury, remain physically capable as you age, and resolve structural problems wherever the body can be changed through skilled hands-on work.
New Patient — Rolfing®
90 minutes · $185
In person at Pinnacle Wellness
Follow-Up — Rolfing®
75 minutes · $185
In person
Rolfing®, Bodywork That Lasts a Lifetime.