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Mini Series

Quite a few patients travel a considerable distance to receive treatment. For folk that come in for a week, I've adapted a classic Rolf Structural Integration mini series of three treatments.

Through experience I have found that this mini series is best delivered 48 hours apart (Monday, Wednesday and Friday).

There are four key principles of this mini series:

Restore & Refine Alignment

  • Goal: Resolve areas of the body where tension is creating imbalance. Tension occurs when attachment tissue (tendon, ligament etc) is chronically placed on stretch, consequently creating compression or misalignment of joints.

  • Example Areas:

    • Pelvis & Hips: Alignment here is often key for overall 'posture' and gait. Often I'm considering neural outflow into the legs and how any balance lower down the body is being impacted, subsequently creating further imbalance at the pelvis.

    • Feet & Ankles: Reinforce grounding and balance, especially if you feel less 'connected' to the floor or experience foot pain.

    • Neck & Shoulders: Release patterns that are locked-in through daily habits, like computer work or protective patterns guarding for stress . Improving head and neck alignment will likely lead us to resolving the thoracic 'backpack' that we carry around constantly, namely our shoulders and arms.

2

Relieve Specific Discomfort

Probably why you're here, right?

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  • Goal: Target lingering or recurring pain.

  • My mindset:

    • Every patient is unique. There is no template for resolving your pain.

    • By creating a sense of ease, balance, fluidity, or some state of comfort unique to you I'm negotiating with your nervous system (essentially your brain) to allow you to exist without the alarms of threat or danger in the peripheral tissue.

    • Removing the state of constant apprehension of pain will allow the tissue at a micro level to find a state of ease and more efficient functioning.

3

Enhance Functionality

  • Goal: Address movement-related issues and help your body adapt to any new challenges.

  • Examples:

    • Gait Improvement: Refine walking or running patterns for smoother, more balanced movement.

    • Abdominal (aka 'Core') Strength & Stability: Focus on the relationship between the abdomen, spine, and pelvis to improve functioning and reduce discomfort.

    • Breathing Mechanics: Work with rib mobility and diaphragm function if breath work is a priority.

4

Deepen Integration

  • Goal: Create a sense of ease and balance by connecting various parts of your body.

  • Focus Areas:

    • Centres of gravity: Balance, lengthen and align the entire spine around our natural lordoses (curves) with particular attention to the two centres of gravity.

    • Joint alignment: Explore asymmetries or compensatory patterns that might have developed. Symmetry does not equate to pain-free, but balancing macro movement patterns of arms/legs and spinal mechanics will reduce the effort that's required just to 'exist'.

    • Nervous System Reset: 'Negotiate' with the nervous system at points of high leverage. We know how the tissue will respond if asked in the right way, so the target is to help regulate stress and encourage relaxation on a cellular and whole body level.

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