The human body is held and shaped by a continuous structure of connective tissue called fascia, which is the container and connector of muscles, bones, and organs. It is alive and forms the relationships between each structure and can be glued together or moving freely.

 

As we develop, we grow in gravity and begin to put on layers of compensations in our fascia to help us manage to stay upright in many circumstances. With gravity, we are being pulled off center, so we must counter that, as that is compensation of sorts. Like a domino effect, we become wound tight in our own tissue. Each injury, surgery, repetitive motion stress, stationary position stress and even internal misperceptions of where we are in the world have a chain of events like this leading to disorganization, pain, and dysfunction of all kinds.

 

Rolfing aims to undo and reset the fascial restrictions to bring the body into its most organized potential state. By creating length and space where short and tight the body can regain its ability to organize without being in its own way. The untwisting of joints and untangling of bonded facial layers can differentiate muscles bones organs nerves tendons & ligaments thus we feel free to move and be more easily.