Tom Robinson, PhD, Certified Rolfer™
Tom Robinson, Cascade Rolfing
214 N Glover St
Twisp, WA 98856
About
Clients seek Rolfing to gain a general ease in the body, to enhance flexibility, to relieve stress, and to reduce pain. Often due to older or newer injuries, one's physical structure may be out of balance left to right, front to back, and above to below. Maybe a current particular pain or imbalance is felt in the left hip, the right ankle, the upper chest, or a side of the neck. Perhaps that pain in the left hip is causing extra holding in the right knee and right shoulder. Or, for so many, the lower back gets tight and achy, slowing our walk and ruining our sleep. All these areas need "integration," which a Rolfer can be address in one or more sessions. Frequently after just an hour or so of Rolfing, a client stands straighter, or their gait is longer, or they can stretch or turn more fully and easily.
Issues affecting athletic performance can reside all over the body. Maybe one knee is clearly less aligned than another, affecting running, cycling, or skiing. Or maybe a shoulder sits much higher than the other, or one foot is turned in or out too much. Perhaps there's not enough extension through the legs and hips for dance and yoga, or for baseball and hiking. More centrally, maybe the work of one's day job, often hunched at a computer, is creating shoulder pains and making it harder to extend arms and stretch one's neck in basketball or volleyball. A Rolfer can provide more alignment or more lengthening to ease any of these situations, thereby integrating the body's structure.
Athletes across a variety of sports get regular sessions of Rolfing and Structural Integration. Former Seattle Seahawk Golden Tate receives regular Rolfing sessions. Olympic beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh can't recommend Structural Integration enough, while Olympian Amy Acuff credited Rolfing for helping her win a bronze medal in the high jump. Former NBA coach Phil Jackson described Rolfing as "a valuable resource for keeping myself together."
Tom Robinson, PhD, Certified Rolfer™
Rolfing is a form of bodywork that recognizes the body as an integrated unit. The generic term for Rolfing is "structural integration," a systematic method of bodywork developed by Dr. Ida Rolf in the 1950s and 60s, and taught as a profession since the early 1970s. Rolfing especially works to ease the connective tissue or fascia wrapping the muscles and bones of the body. When muscles are stuck to each other or not moving easily around bones and organs, the fascia that holds them is restricting the full ability of the body to move and exercise in all the ways for which it was designed. Rolfers seek to free tight fascia and allow each muscle and bone to fulfill its individual purpose.Clients seek Rolfing to gain a general ease in the body, to enhance flexibility, to relieve stress, and to reduce pain. Often due to older or newer injuries, one's physical structure may be out of balance left to right, front to back, and above to below. Maybe a current particular pain or imbalance is felt in the left hip, the right ankle, the upper chest, or a side of the neck. Perhaps that pain in the left hip is causing extra holding in the right knee and right shoulder. Or, for so many, the lower back gets tight and achy, slowing our walk and ruining our sleep. All these areas need "integration," which a Rolfer can be address in one or more sessions. Frequently after just an hour or so of Rolfing, a client stands straighter, or their gait is longer, or they can stretch or turn more fully and easily.
Issues affecting athletic performance can reside all over the body. Maybe one knee is clearly less aligned than another, affecting running, cycling, or skiing. Or maybe a shoulder sits much higher than the other, or one foot is turned in or out too much. Perhaps there's not enough extension through the legs and hips for dance and yoga, or for baseball and hiking. More centrally, maybe the work of one's day job, often hunched at a computer, is creating shoulder pains and making it harder to extend arms and stretch one's neck in basketball or volleyball. A Rolfer can provide more alignment or more lengthening to ease any of these situations, thereby integrating the body's structure.
Athletes across a variety of sports get regular sessions of Rolfing and Structural Integration. Former Seattle Seahawk Golden Tate receives regular Rolfing sessions. Olympic beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh can't recommend Structural Integration enough, while Olympian Amy Acuff credited Rolfing for helping her win a bronze medal in the high jump. Former NBA coach Phil Jackson described Rolfing as "a valuable resource for keeping myself together."
Primary Specialty
Massage Therapist
Services
Rolfing® sessions for 60-90 minutes
Ten-Seriers® of Rolfing Structural Integration, taking 3-4 months
Targeted bodywork and massage for problem areas
Biodynamic Cranial Sacral work, focusing on calm and stillness throughout the mind and body
Additional Services Rolfing Structural Integration
Ten-Seriers® of Rolfing Structural Integration, taking 3-4 months
Targeted bodywork and massage for problem areas
Biodynamic Cranial Sacral work, focusing on calm and stillness throughout the mind and body
Additional Services Rolfing Structural Integration
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