Sam Adams

Certified Advanced Rolfer®

Studies

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Integrating Manual and Movement Therapy with Philosophical Counseling for Treatment of a Patient with Amyptrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A case study that explores the principles of holistic intervention. J. Cottingham, M.S., P.T. & J. Maitland, Ph.D., Alternative Therapies In Health and Medicine, Winter/Spring 2000. A Three-Paradigm Treatment Model Using Soft Tissue Mobilization and Guided Movement-Awareness Techniques [...]

Research

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Scientific research confirms the effectiveness of Rolfing structural integration. Summaries of a few key studies follow: In her 1963 study, “Project Breakthrough”, Ida Rolf found that children who had received Rolfing work exhibited better muscle tone, better alignment, and improved social responsiveness. Dr. Valerie D. Hunt and Dr. Wayne W. Massey of the UCLA Department [...]