What to expect from a Rolfer

Rolfing should not leave bruises. I always come home and soak in an epsom salt/baking soda bath afterwards. Sometimes it hurts, like if you press on a bruise, but I think it feels like a good hurt. Some people (and cultures) typically can handle a different degree of pain. A good rolfer should adjust their technique to the individual and the amount of pain tolerance they can stand. I like the deep pressure pain; I am impatient. It just means how many layers of fascia tissue they can penetrate at one time.

I had so many injuries I am ashamed to admit it. And all the while I continued running, lifting weights, swimming, ice skating, skiing, etc. I had a contracted hip muscle for over 11 years that had been diagnosed from everything to bursitis, arthritis, neuralgia, etc. I was told it needed operated on and both of my shoulders due to one that froze and the other that was near frozen. That was excrutiatingly painful. I also damaged two lower back nerves during childbirth that they wanted to operate on. And my knees and feet hurt all of the time, thus the countless orthonics. Today I am pain free and have never had an operation. I could kiss the two rolfers that I have had.

I hope you also experience good sessions. It will make you realize how incredibly ignorant Drs. are of the human muscular system. Especially, the back.

Aloha, Kathy ps $90 is cheap. I paid 105 and I now pay 12,000 yen (around 100-120 depending on yen rate) I live on a military base in Japan, now.