Rolfing in Austin: Why Rolfing? How Do I Know I Need It?
9/2/2012
People seek Rolfing® Structural Integration for a variety of reasons. The predominant reasons, for the sake of this article, have their origins in people seeking stress relief, pain relief (often experienced as back or neck pain), and structural alignment or improved posture. If you have reoccurring stress and tension, postural problems or concerns, injuries and/or chronic discomfort such as neck and/or back pain that interfere with daily activities, experiencing Rolfing therapy will help you.
Releasing stress in the body
We all experience stress and tension to some degree in life and many people tend to think it’s normal. However, a chronic condition may actually underline your most recent feelings of stress or tension. To relieve the emotional stress or tension of the recent onset, the chronic tension, or stressor needs to be released. Rolfing practitioners are trained to be able to address these long-held traumas as well as the more recent ones to restore and balance the body’s physiological and psychological capabilities to cope with stress.
Addressing chronic pain and injury
Many clients seek Rolfing to help alleviate their chronic pain or manage an injury. Some examples of these types of injuries are carpal tunnel syndrome, neck or lower back pain, TMJ or headaches. When addressing conditions such as these, Rolfing therapy practitioners work to balance client restrictions that are directly related to their complaint and also balance their entire structure in order to help prevent recurrence of the complaint or injury.
Stooped shoulders, sway back, knock-kneed, flat-feet…
People often think of their posture as the way they look. What is key to further understanding posture- is that the body shows us the condition of its structure and how well that structure is supporting itself. Faulty posture cannot be improved by simply trying to “stand up straight” because the second we lose this concentration, the pattern reemerges. Rolfing Structural Integration can create a foundation for lasting resolution to “poor posture” because the treatment aligns the structural components within a holistic view unique to the individual.
Why Rolfing?
Throughout our lives we suffer from falls, injuries, sickness, surgery, and even repetitive motions on a daily basis; which are known causes for structural misalignments and restrictions in the body. Everyone experiences emotional stress, tension, pain, and injury- all examples of something that their body has had to compensate for. Rolfing can be an investment in one’s own future of health by releasing stress in the body, addressing chronic pain and injury, and creating a foundation of support throughout the body that withstands the constant force of gravity, for improved alignment, posture, and overall function.
If you have any questions about the information shared in this article or you want to know if experiencing Rolfing is something that can benefit you, please contact me. Receiving Rolfing therapy treatments has changed my life and I am available to help positively impact yours!
