Looking for an Asheville Rolfer?  Welcome to Original Rolf Method.com.  We are located in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina, just minutes from Asheville.  Have you tried chiropractic, physical therapy, massage, acupuncture, surgery or drugs, and nothing seems to work? You haven't tried everything until you've tried the Original Rolf Method!

Rolf / Structural Integration was developed by Dr. Ida P. Rolf.  Dr. Rolf was a biochemist who studied osteopathy, homeopathy, yoga, movement and the Alexander technique.  She was the founder of Structural Integration and formed the original "Guild" for practitioners who had studied with her.

Ida Rolf's Original Method of Structural Integration realigns the body into its optimal organization.  This is achieved by assessing the body's structure and seeing the places where the muscles and fascia are frozen in place.  This is followed by a very specific system of ungluing those fixed tissues until they are completely released, allowing the body to stand in a corrected structural position.

SYMPTOMS THAT CAN BE RELIEVED

Symptoms that have "disappeared" or that have been "relieved" from receiving sessions of the Original Rolf Method:

Carpel Tunnel Syndrome Tennis Elbow Frozen Shoulder Tingling and numbness in arms, legs Plantar Fasciaitis, Fallen arches Pigeon toes, Pigeon chest Knock Knees Bowed legs Lower back/Neck pain Fallen arches/Flat feet/Hammer toes Sciatica, Stiff hips Lordosis, Kyphosis Tendinitis Arthritis Fibromalgia Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Military neck, stiff neck, stiff back A shorter leg Headaches TMJ And a myriad of other symptoms

Scoliosis after 10 sessions

 WHO IT HELPS

Just about anyone! I have worked with people with steel rods in their backs, metal plates in their heads, pins and screws in their joints, and one person with as many as 5 neck, and 5 back operations! Even though these folks could not receive “as much” benefit as those who do NOT have all of that hardware in their bodies, even these folks said that it helped them tremendously, and they came for many sessions!

•  Folks hoping to avoid a surgery. Some avoided the surgery altogether, and others had to have the surgery. It just depends on the individual person, and their particular case.
• People with chronic problems who have had them for years and years, people who have been in car accidents, to people who are in perfect health, and want to reach even higher levels of benefits, ranging from Structural/physical, physiological, psychological, emotional, spiritual health, and all of those folks in between.
• Children, who will benefit from a “head start”, in their growth on all levels, and help with their self confidence, to the Elderly, where they can regain some of their youth, vitality, and zest for life, and everyone in between.
•  People who want to look and feel years younger, improve flexibility, strength, stamina, balance, energy, range of motion, joint mobility, self confidence, and ease and grace.
• People who want to slim and trim, can see their hips, thighs and waist grow smaller as they become structurally aligned. They will also notice their face, neck, and arms tone and slim down.
• Athletes (some professional football and baseball teams have their own “in house” Rolf / Structural Integration Practitioner), weight lifters in competition, (or not), runner and dancers
• Mothers/women who need some self care, laborers, body workers, etc.

SI is an active process between the client and the practitioner.  The client participates in active breath, movement, visualization and feedback in general.  SI is movement re-education.  It is not massage or a medical treatment.

Begin to see and feel immediate results!  Better posture, deeper breathing, greater flexibility and joint mobility, and feeling more comfortable inside the body are a few advantages of receiving this work.  The results are cumulative and permanent. This is a transformational experience!