Rolfing is one of the most powerful modalities on the planet to reduce pain, clear stress, balance your musculoskeletal system, and enhance athletic performance. Rolfing can help increase balance and flexibility, refine muscle coordination and function, improve your athletic performance and get rid of that sore feeling you’ve been fighting.

A strong active body requires balance between the muscles, nerves, and joints. In just 10 sessions, we can get your body fully aligned, unstuck, and out of pain. You will feel strong and energized. Movement will be fun and easy again.

Rolfing is a unique therapy because it works with fascia. Fascia is like the body’s support system (sometimes referred to as the organ of posture) because it holds us upright. If the fascia gets stuck it will limit movement and keep muscles and joints from working properly.

Getting your fascia loose and healthy will have a tremendous impact on your body’s ability to move, and can greatly decrease your pain. Rolfing works to free up these areas even if they have been stuck for years.

Every single muscle cell and bone and organ in your body has a fascial connection. It is even connected to your skin and nerves. In other words – it is everywhere. When you suffer an injury (whether sports related or stress related) your fascia tightens down and gets stuck. It prevents proper movement to protect an area.

If not properly addressed it will stay stuck and become sore and painful when you try to use that area. It can be easy to stay in this injury-holding pattern because it usually will not limit you in simple daily activities. It might not even be noticeable until you try to pick up something a little too heavy and your backs “goes out” or you try to run and your feet hurt. These areas have been “guarding” for so long that they no longer work properly. To get a full range of motion back and get out of pain, you need to address fascial restrictions and help your body out of its guarding phase. It needs to “relearn” that it is not injured.

If you have already downloaded my free e-book, you will be able to find a few areas in your body that are extra tight and tired. These are more than likely areas where the fascia is stuck and causing problems. If you have a habit of using your body a certain way the muscles shorten in that direction and fascia can become stuck. Even if you start using the muscle correctly and stretching every day you might not get the fascia to let go and you will always be fighting your body. To get fascia unstuck and regain your full range of motion back, you will need Rolfing.

Here’s a question I hear a lot: is Rolfing painful?

The short answer is no, not really. If you have an injury Rolfing is deep muscle work to get you moving again. It might feel like you had a hard workout for a day or two afterward, but your injury will heal and your pain will be gone.

When working with areas that are guarded or so stuck that they are causing daily pain, Rolfing can feel uncomfortable. There may be some soreness, but no more than what you normally feel with a good workout, which is a fair trade for increasing health and decreasing your overall pain. Getting to deep muscles and working out old restrictions can help the body tremendously.

Rolfing is often related to massage because it is direct contact with the body, trying to move soft tissue.

That is where the similarities stop. Massage works with muscle tissue to relieve stress and improve blood flow and it does feel wonderful; Rolfing is trying to work out restrictions in the fascia. Its goal is to bring your body into alignment to help you move easier, have less pain, and more energy. My personal goal is to get you out of pain, moving correctly and feeling amazing. I want to get you deep, long-lasting results.

Rolfing is an investment in your health and wellness. Nothing could be more important! The sooner you address an issue, the less it will cost. If you leave a sore back alone for years, it will eventually give out. At this point, you may be spending time and money at a doctor or physical therapist’s office and looking at a long road to recovery. If you take care of it early, we can get it fixed and have you back to normal in no time. My sessions are $130/hour and I offer discounts for clients who want to prepay for a set of sessions. On rare occasions in an emergency, I will see clients for shorter sessions.

There are no refunds for prepaid sessions.  See the Services and Rates page for more details.

The changes in Rolfing can be permanent. Since Rolfing works at a deep level and creates real changes in the body’s structure it will stay in place until you overstress it or injure it. Rolfing also teaches you important principles to keep your body strong. If you make a habit of the things you learn, you will have very long-lasting results.