How Do You Reduce Pain Through Structural Integration?
Many people suffer from bodily discomfort related to back pain, repetitive motion injuries or advancing age. The cause for much of this discomfort is due to a stiffening and rigidity of the connective tissue called fascia which surrounds muscles and organs. Structural Integration is a body therapy technique that loosens the fascia through deep tissue manipulation, thereby giving your muscles and organs the range of movement they need which in turn can reduce pain. Learn how Structural Integration was created by Ida Rolf, Ph.D. The technique was developed in 1930 when Rolf sought to relieve her sons’ disabilities, as well as her own. Rolf’s body therapy technique was an amalgam of other techniques at the time. By 1960, Rolf’s technique was officially called Structural Integration and subsequently nicknamed Rolfing. Educated yourself on how Structural Integration treats pain. Practitioners will lengthen and open the patterns in the fascia surrounding your muscles which helps make the tis
