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Rolfing® Structural Integration is a holistic method of manual body work. The focus is on improving posture and movement patterns. Manual work on the connective tissue, the fascia, tendons and ligaments releases tension and compacted or compressed structures.

There will be more freedom of movement for muscles and joints. The body alignes, experiences better balance.
With Rolfing®, people learn to be upright without holding themselves up, they learn to organize their inner forces in relation to external gravity. This is less strenuous, there is basically more energy available, you can recover more easily and move more freely.
Such an integrated structure prevents incorrect loading of joints and loading of tissue. Tensions, chronic complaints, restricted movement, muscle pain and fatigue are thus deprived of imbalances and the symptoms are often relieved or disappear.

Rolfing® apllies different touch qualities on the

inner connective tissue network, the so-called fascia, of the body.

The adaptable fascia are the "organ of form" and envelop and penetrate all structures of the body:muscles, tendons, ligaments, organs, bones, vessels as well as nerves and even the brain.

The connective tissue is literally the tissue that connects everything.

With touch, movement education and training in the perception of body structures, restrictions and movement restrictions are felt and the tensions of the fascia are released. This allows the organism to balance itself out and the original relationship between the structures is restored.

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The likelihood of a positive change in complaints of the musculoskeletal system such as back pain, tension in the neck and shoulder, tension headache and restricted movement of the joints is high.

By balancing the tensions in the organism, being upright and moving becomes easier. Rolfing improves structure, posture and freedom of movement and can thus improve symptoms, the cause of which, is at least partly unfavorable structure or posture.

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Rolfing® is well suited for people with sedentary or standing work, i.e. one-sided stress.

It is also interesting for people from the fields of dance, drama, yoga and sports who want to improve their performance or expression.

At the beginning of each session, you are briefly looked at while standing, walking or sitting so that I can get an idea of your body structure and your movement patterns.

The meetings take place mainly while lying down, sometimes also while sitting or standing. We work with a wide variety of different techniques to relieve tension in the fascia network. Here, pressure is applied with the hands, which can be gentle but also intense.

In the course of several sessions, gentler and more efficient movements are worked out, so that the unfavorable and stressful movement pattern can be stored.

A different body feeling often appears immediately after the session.

The number of sessions depends on your situation and goals.

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Rolfing® recommends a basic series of ten sessions, which take place every two weeks at the beginning and every three to four weeks later.

This basic series contains various topics and each session builds systematically on the previous one. Long-term changes are achieved with this series.

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If you want short-term relief from complaints, a series of one to three sessions may be sufficient.