Rolfing

There is a way out of chronic tensions

Practice for body therapy and trauma therapy
in Munich-Schwabing and Berlin-Kreuzberg

The Game With Gravity

Rolfing^®, founded by Ida Pauline Rolf PhD, is a fascial therapy that erects and relaxes the body. The basic idea of Rolfing is the observation that a person has to straighten up in order to walk efficiently and relaxed over the earth. If this up right attitude is incomplete or unsuccessful, one will have to fight against gravity with this incorrect posture. This everyday struggle leads to chronic tension and in the end to joint wear, movement restrictions, and the feeling of getting old.

Rolfing is so successful because, in addition to fascial therapy, it trains awareness of movement and balance. Manual techniques on the massage bench release tension in the fasciae. This allows your body to move more freely, the pain is reduced, your posture relaxes and straightens up. So that you can integrate this new posture into your everyday life, we explore your new range of motion at the end of each session.

Symptoms due to unilateral posture

Problems sitting at the PC
Problems standing or lying down
Problems bending down, lifting loads
Chronic tensions
Limited freedom of movement
Neck and headache,
Head slips forward (turtle)
Round back, hump
Hollow back
Foot problems, Halux valgus , flat foot
Achilles tendon problems

TMJ problems
Gnashing of teeth
Lumbago = lumbago inclination
Backaches
Herniated disc or operation “healed”
Scoliosis
Joint wear, joint problems
Sacroiliac joint problems
Pelvic obliquity, pelvis tense
Leg length discrepancy

Tennis elbow, golf elbow
Tendosynovitis
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Supraspinatus Syndrome
Piriformis syndrome
Chronic compartment syndrome
Repetitive strain injury RSI
Runner knee, IT-Band Syndrome

…long list of symptoms here.

In Rolfing we do not treat any symptoms. We look at the movement pattern behind the symptoms. We look at the body as a whole as it moves in everyday life. Here we then make small changes that can have a great effect. – Wouldn’t it be interesting for you to understand the cause of your symptoms?

Single session: Duration 60min / 90/min

Price: 90 € / 135€

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Scoliosis and Rolfing

Scoliosis is characterized by asymmetrical tensions in the muscle and fascia system of the entire body. These cause the body to slowly twist and contract over the course of months and years. This is how the well-known S-shape of the spine develops.

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From the origin of tensions

Babies imitate their parents and can also adopt their bad posture. Later, the pressure at school and the fears at puberty, which express themselves as a protective posture in the body, follow. Sometimes, however, the Western ideal of beauty or a military posture in the body cause tension.

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Running with Rolfing

Running and triathlon are among the sports that place the greatest strain on the body. Runners are particularly prone to injury from overuse due to repetitive movements. Nothing is more feared than a break from training in the middle of the season due to injury.

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Rolfing – What is that? – An introduction

The Rolfing method works with the movement system of the body, it is “hands-on-bodywork”. Rolfing assumes that tension and pain, which many people experience in the musculoskeletal system, are caused by an unbalanced distribution of static forces in the body. In Rolfing, this distribution of forces is gradually changed so that the spatial and static structures are as well balanced as possible.

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The recipe – the 10 series in Rolfing

I often receive clients with severe complaints. Here the respective topic is so much in the foreground that I do not work after the 10 series. In such cases it is important to help the body to quickly reduce the pain symptoms to a tolerable level. Some clients come to me to get the Rolfing 10 series.

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List orthopedic symptoms – Rolfing

If pumpkin hollowing out for Halloween was a profession. How would the body of the two boys react to this stress after 10 or 20 or 30 years? How would he adjust? What symptoms would you expect?

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Gravity and Rolfing

With gravity it is like with fish in water. We humans are so used to this field of gravity that we pay no attention to it. The unique thing about Rolfing is that Ida Rolf brought gravity into play. This visionary insight was a new element in the field of body therapy and is still the cornerstone of Rolfing today.

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Orthopaedics and postural deformity

After operations, injuries or chronic overloading, the body repairs the connective tissue and fascial system, which can lead to hardening and tension. The entire body statics can shift due to pain-induced malpositioning.

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What is bodywork?

Bodywork and body therapy are similar in their meaning, but not the same. The term body therapy is used in German to describe people who are sick or have complaints, conditions or symptoms to treat, which is why I don't like to use it so much. Bodywork is a superior collective term similar to "trees" or "fish" or "work".

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Rolfing and cycling

Whether on the road or in the mountains: In cycling, the body needs a solid training foundation. This is the key to ensuring that top performance is maintained over a long period of time and that injuries or overstraining do not occur. However, many cyclists fall into the trap of thinking that cycling is only a matter of the legs. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

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Yoga and Rolfing

Yoga and Rolfing® have many common themes. Both work on the physical development of a person by stretching and integrating body areas. Both work on the fasciae. Both deal with self-perception and the perception of the personal environment as well as with the focusing of attention.

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A Portrait – Dr. Ida Rolf

The term Rolfing comes from Dr. Ida Pauline Rolf, born 1896 in New York. At the age of 24, she was one of the first women in the United States to earn a Ph. D. in biochemistry from the College of Physiotherapy and Surgery at the University of Colombia.

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The difference – Rolfing or massage

Massages can be beautiful, deeply moving, reconcile you with the world, open you heart and be a feast for the senses. Especially the Esalen massage and the Lomi-Lomi-Nui massage. They can lift you to "Cloud Nine" and open the doors to the beauty of this world.

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Athletes and Rolfing

Three competitive athletes from the USA started their training at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration in June 1998: John Bauer, cross-country skier and Olympic participant from 1992 and 1998; Grant Ernhardt, a member of the American biathlon team, and Gary Colliander, a biathlete from Minnesota.

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Typical Rolfing session

Many people come to my practice because their body presses them like a "badly fitting shoe". They report from tension to chronic pain in various parts of the body. They no longer feel well in their skin. It is uncomfortable. Movement restrictions cause them trouble.

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The Game With Gravity

Symptoms due to unilateral posture

Any more questions?

More about Rolfing here

Scoliosis and Rolfing

From the origin of tensions

Running with Rolfing

Rolfing – What is that? – An introduction

The recipe – the 10 series in Rolfing

List orthopedic symptoms – Rolfing

Gravity and Rolfing

Orthopaedics and postural deformity

What is bodywork?

Rolfing and cycling

Yoga and Rolfing

A Portrait – Dr. Ida Rolf

The difference – Rolfing or massage

Athletes and Rolfing

Typical Rolfing session

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