FAQs

My Rolfing® structural integration practice is located in Crested Butte and Gunnison Colorado. I aim to relieve pain, speed up recovery, enhance physical performance, and to help you find more comfort in you body while at rest. I start by working on relieving neuromuscular tension and holding patterns that are unnecessary and inefficient. This will allow the body to begin organizing into a more comfortable and efficient body.

Sessions involve movement education and manual pressure. The pressure is satisfying and appropriate to the client. A sensation that feels good and not painful. I look at the way the client moves to see what is moving well and what could move better, I will get the client on the table and work on their fascia system, once I work on an area I will look to see how the client is moving again to see if change is occurring. The Rolfing® process brings balance back to the body so that it is congruent, adaptable, supportive and for the body to function efficiently again.


People of all walks of life and all ages may benefit from Rolfing®, structural integration. If you are wanting more body awareness and to improve your overall health, Rolfing® is a great option for you.

Rolfing® often times may help with: 

* chronic pain


* headache/migraines 


* growing pains


* bow legs (genu varum)


* knocked knees (genu valgum)


* back pain


* hip pain


* shoulder pain


* plantar fasciitis 


* carpal tunnel


* body tension


* posture


* acute injuries


* athletic performance


* stress


* TMJ


* attitude 


* feeling better!

Traditionally, Rolfing® Structural Integration has a standardized ten series that clients first go through. The goal of the ten series is to systematically balance and optimize the body’s function and structure in gravity over the course of 10 rolfing® sessions. Each session builds from the last and continues on the next by freeing both restrictions and inefficient patterns, resulting in more function and movement in the body. Each session is a totally different experience working with different areas of the body and different goals for each session. 

SESSIONS 1-3 
”The Superficial Fascia”

In sessions 1-3, typically called the “sleeve” sessions, we differentiate the outside layers of the body from the deep inside layers, seeing how the outside “sleeve” relates to the inner body, and preparing the body to change to become more three-dimensional.

SESSION 1 The goal is to help create a more efficient breathing pattern that may allow more
breath into the body by working on the arms, rib cage, head, and neck. 

SESSION 2 The goal is to provide support for the upper body by working on the feet, ankles,
lower legs, and knees. This helps support the foundation for the entire body.                                                           

SESSION 3 The goal is to have front to back balance. We’ll work on the neck, shoulder girdle, pelvic girdle, and feet.

SESSIONS 4-7
”The Deep Fascia”

In sessions 4-7, we began working on the core muscles to help the body become more centered, spatially aware, functional, and balanced.

SESSION 4 The goal is to create more space and balance in the pelvic floor, by working the inside of the ankles up to the pelvis.

SESSION 5 The goal is to free up the front of the spine and front of hips by working on fascia
tension; this may ease and lengthen the spinal curvatures.

SESSION 6 The goal is to complete the work we began on the pelvic floor, focusing on the legs, sacrum, and spine. 

SESSION 7 The goal is to free up any restrictions of the neck and head. This completes the
core work.

SESSIONS 8-10
”The Middle Fascia"

Sessions 8-10 focus on integrating (i.e. “cementing” the work of) sessions 1-7, allowing the body to be more functional. These sessions focus on how the hips and shoulders relate, addressing restrictions in the body’s structure, so that the body may function at a more organized level. 

SESSIONS 8 & 9 are very similar, both aiming to expand movement in hips, spine, and shoulder girdle.. Session 8 focuses on the lower half and session 9 focuses on the upper half. 

SESSION 10 The goal is to stabilize the body in its newly integrated form, addressing the feet all the way to the head.

For more information about the ten series, please visit rolf.org

While we certainly wouldn’t turn away people who feel they need to visit the clinic for additional sessions after finishing the ten series, our hope is that the ten series empowers our clients to work with themselves to heal their own bodies. For this reason, we encourage clients to take their time to get reacquainted with their body after the ten series before starting tune up work. That being said, it is totally OK to get tune up work as needed. You will not necessarily need to go through the entire series again.

I highly recommend meditative movements to do on your own or to join one of my Rolf Movement classes to nurture your body.

How is Rolfing different than chiropractic work, physical therapy (PT), massage, reiki, and other holistic therapies?

Chiropractic work involves grade 5 joint manipulation and high velocity treatments, in general chiropractic treatments are 10-20 minutes. Whereas rolfing is a slow therapy with broad deep or gentle contact that feels good on the fascia system allowing settle small shifts. Rolfing treatments are 60-75 minutes, evaluation of body movement, hands on therapy, and pattern education. Rolfing sessions may look like a Physical Therapy session and a massage session combined in one, but the intention is very different. The intention of rolfing is very specific to the individual and to the different fascial layers. The rolfing process works on the fascia system to be congruent throughout every fascia layer. Once the fascia is the same tone throughout the body clients begin to notice reduced pain and tension, an increased joint range of motion, better posture and many other benefits began to occur.

Reiki is a very hands off the physical body and works to clear your energy fields. This work is great for emotional healing.