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Certified Advanced Rolfer and MD, Dr. Bret Nye,
speaks about alternative/complementary medicine, a cost effective,
alternative to surgery and drugs - "Demand for the services of
health practitioners like Rolfers is growing as evidenced by the
Nov. 98 JAMA estimate of $21.2 billion being spent for alternative
medicine in 97.
Integrative health care, is a new trend, that combines Western and
complementary medicines to offer the best technological advances in
health care. Health insurance companies are increasingly becoming
interested in therapies like Rolfing not only as potential cost
effective alternatives or complements to traditional modalities, but
as opportunities to provide coverage for services that will
distinguish them in an increasingly competitive market place of
providers."Other
scientists: Jonas Salk (Salk Institute)
Athletes
Michelle Kwan
and
Elvis Stojko,
1998 Olympic Silver Medalists,
find they have a competitive advantage by working with a team of
specialists that includes Helen James, Physical Therapist, and
Certified Advanced Rolfer. Elvis Stojko introduced Helen James,
Certified Advanced Rolfer to Michelle Kwan in July during the
Campbell Soup Tour of World Figure Skating Champions. Stojko, who
has benefited from James' physical therapy and Rolfing expertise
since 1995 says, "Rolfing helped me to find my center of balance
for competition; it puts my body in place." Working with Olympic
and world champion figure skaters is nothing new for James. She
says, "It's key for figure skaters like Michelle and Elvis, to
find an exact balanced position in space. Balance and integration
are the primary goals of the Rolfing process. Athletes find they
have fewer injuries and recover more quickly through Rolfing work,"
says James. "They feel lighter and have more energy because they're
not working as hard. They perform and complete their jumps with more
ease."
Three U.S. Athletes trained at the Rolf Institute in June 1998:
John Bauer, a 1992 & 1998 Olympian Nordic Skier; Grant Ernhardt, a
US Biathlon team member; and
Gary Colliander,
a Minnesota Biathlete completed Unit One this spring. Their stories
are highlighted in a press release entitled, "The Ski-Rolfing®
Connection Is Stronger Than Just Skiers Getting Rolfing Bodywork."
These athletes say that a career in bodywork fits an athlete's
lifestyle & furthers their training. It can offer them the
flexibility to both train and work in a profitable and independent
career.
Bob Tewksbury, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
says, "I have received many benefits from Rolfing. In 1991, my
massage therapist recommended it as a way to get a deeper level of
work. Although the benefits of muscle work come and go depending on
when and how regularly I get Rolfing work, I have noticed long
lasting benefits with regard to my breathing, my posture and my body
awareness. I have used Rolfing mainly in two areas, for my lower and
upper back to help with flexibility and stiffness and to enhance my
performance. I plan to use it again."
The
Phoenix Suns are the first major NBA Basketball team to have a
certified Advanced Rolfer on hand, Jeffrey Maitland, the
Rolf Institute’s Director of Academic Affairs. "Phoenix Suns
guard, Danny Ainge, who has been Rolfed for years, recommended the
therapy to (Charles) Barkley. Other Suns, Mark West and A.C. Green,
also have been Rolfed...with satisfactory results," reported the
Arizona Republic, May 1994.
Sarah Will, 1998 US Paralympic Gold Medal Skier,
a member of the US Disabled Ski Team is a paraplegic athlete that
credits her five gold metals to Rolfing. Will's says that "Rolfing
gives you a competitive edge as an athlete."
Sharon Sander, ranked #2 on the US Pentathlon team,
who's preparing to compete in the first women's Olympics pentathlon,
says, "I recommend Rolfing for any athlete who has ever had
trouble with injuries or doesn't feel like they are reaching their
potential."
Joe Greene, two-time U.S.A. Olympic bronze medal long jumper
says, "Rolfing works. It really makes a huge difference. I've
been in track and field a long time and wish I had known about it
sooner. My stomach tenses and my hips tighten when I jump. The
Rolfing bodywork helped me to breathe and I felt taller."
Craig Swan, former N.Y. Mets pitcher,
says, "Bodywork can extend athletic careers," says Swan,
whose career ended from an sports injury. "I truly believe if I
had been Rolfed in the early part of my career, I would still be
pitching." Swan’s recovery from a pitching injury inspired him
to become a Rolfer and help others. His clients include former
baseball star,
Tom Seaver, tennis champion,Ivan Lendl and
Olympic athlete Edwin Moses
Celebrities Leon Fleisher,
virtuoso concert pianist: "When a crippling hand injury ended his
performing career, Peabody pianist, Leon Fleisher went down a
different musical road. Thirty years later, he's turned up an
unexpected corner (when he met Certified Advanced Rolfer, Tessy
Brunghardt)...The (Rolfing) results were remarkable." John
Hopkins magazine, 1995.
Levar Burton
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"The Rolfer works on fascia which is the thin sheath of white tissue
that covers the musculature. By manipulating the fascia you
manipulate the musculature, and in turn the skeletal structure, so
you bring alignment to the body... It can be very healing, cleansing
and balancing for the body."
Oprah - July 7, 1996
Movie star Sean Young,
who has starred in the movies "Blade Runner", "No Way Out", "Ace
Ventura: Pet Detective", "Wall Street", "Fatal Instinct", "Once Upon
a Crime", and a few dozen others receives Rolfing"®" from Certified
Rolfer Bob Brill.
Willie Nelson, songwriter:
"My wife recommended (Rolfing) highly", says Willie Nelson,
"...The first of ten sessions fixed (my back pain)," reported the
New York Times, on Feb. 23, 1995.
Sam Keen, best-selling writer, is a former Psychology Today editor
and co-producer of award winning PBS documentary "Faces Of The
Enemy". "Bodywork has allowed me at age 65 to live as vigorously
as I want to, in an embodied way. Nine months ago I started studying
flying trapeze work, and I couldn’t have done it without Rolfing."
Whole Life Times, Aug.’94. When Sam Keen spoke of Dr. Ida Rolf
as a true pioneer in his early Psychology Today 1970’s article,
Rolfing bodywork gained international attention. Now thirty years
later, Keen benefits by making Rolfing a part of his own health care
regimen, to stay aligned, fit and flexible for his flying trapeze
work. Sam Keen’s books include: Inward Bound; Fire In the Belly: On
Being A Man; and the Passionate Life.
Other celebrities who have benefited from Rolfing are:
actress/singer,
Courtney Love,
actor
Denis Leary
(film: Thomas Crown Affair); actress
Diane Ladd;
the King of Spain;
artist
Georgia O'Keefe;
modern artist,
Miro;
psychotherapist,
Fritz Perl;
author,
Sam Keen;
Broadway/movie actress,
Mary Elizabeth Mastontonio;
Flamenco Dancer,
Maria Benitez;
jazz trombonist,
Steve Turre,
and many more.
Other Endorsements
A 50 yr old scientist, and medical consultant for healthcare
manufacturers, Jim Wright had planned to live with his shoulder,
neck and back problems until his wife suggested Rolfing. The
problems are gone and he comes in once a year for a tune up.
Mary Elizabeth Nordstrom, President, Moore Vocal Arts,
says, "I am 73 years old and have advanced scoliosis which the
Rolfing treatments have definitely begun to help. One of my friends
who had not seen me for awhile remarked on my better posture without
my telling her why." |
