The body is interesting, in my experience and knowledge, particular body parts can have a direct relation to an emotion or an emotional situation. In this vein, the Center of Disease Control says 80% of chronic illnesses are caused by emotions, the various acupuncture systems all associate organs/points/meridians with emotions, Ayurvedic healing and diet takes emotions into consideration, and in Structural Integration structure and posture are a window into life. People come to me with various knee problems, or at any point of their healing process and when I probe deeper by asking, “What’s going on in life?” 10% of the time there are money worries, the other 90% have to do with unstable relationships. In my practice I educate people this way so in case they are involved in an emotional circumstance they can be extra careful that day or in the ensuing days to prevent seriously injuring themselves which could occur from something as simple as a sneeze, the body is susceptible.

I am not convinced that there is an emotional undertone to and injury 100% of the time, but there is definitely some correlation between knees and relationships. The problem may not be immediately apparent, but I think when we look deep there is some unstable feeling, some concern, some doubt, something in a relationship (and it doesn’t have to be a wife/husband relationship) that we suffer from. At any event wherever the body is insisting on our attention it is signaling us to be more intimate or more deeply insightful about life. Our bodies have a language and they try to communicate with us.

So, you ask, what to do from here? Obviously, a solution is to find someone who can treat your knee, and yes, simple physical relief maybe all that you need. Or you can choose to be silent, listen for your body’s signs and look into different relationships that you’re in and see if you can’t be more attentive to those. If you can hold your anger or your over-frustration, or better yet deal with him/her in a gentle and tactful way knowing that this person is going through the trials of life just like you. At the end of the day I have come to believe that it is something in us that we must get right, our bodies are warning us of our own internal dilemmas in hopes of preventing a major catastrophe in a relationship or in our bodies. Structural Integration makes bodies and minds wholesome again.

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Health issues can be perplexing.  What’s difficult is discerning how, why, where, or when a symptom started; symptoms may appear without apparent cause.  In general the surprise comes when we aren’t aware of what’s going on in our bodies. With the stress and pace of life we can become neglectful or tune out.  Another reason is that most of us don’t have a very clear understanding of dis-ease processes – we weren’t taught about it in school, nor were we taught how to change the mental, emotional, and/or physical patterns that can lead to dis-ease.  A disparaging health care system is creating an environment for us to become active with our own health and well being. A new health system is emerging, hopefully, one in which subjective experiences are highly valued, and an intimate relationship with one’s self is celebrated. The further we live from our selves, from understanding the consequences of our habits the closer we come to our deep constitutional enemy, dis-ease.

For the most part, medical issues don’t appear randomly, they’re the result of a string of events.  When a client is telling me about an ailment or a symptom I take a step back and refocus, I broaden my attention.  Of course, my interest is in the symptom because it’s a sign, but I really want to know why it’s present, why the body has manifested it, what factors have caused it?  I want to understand the symptoms, signs, themes and processes that have been happening – especially those that have been happening for a long time.  I want to see and understand the probable factors, tendencies, and habitual patterns that have contributed to the problem.  I want to know who a person is mentally, physically, and emotionally.   Symptoms are nothing more than patterns, as Dr. Rolf insightfully said, “patterns that perpetuate themselves.”  By the time a pattern presents itself as a symptom the chronic stage has moved on to what’s called the acute (of the chronic) stage, at this point outside intervention is be appreciated.

Here are two cases treated successfully with unconventional medicine.

1.)  Case of asthma.  Client complains of having trouble with asthma for 25+ years.  Must keep inhaler nearby at all times.  Uses inhaler 3-6 times daily.  Upon further inquiry other (seemingly unrelated) symptoms were present: stress from work and family, allergies, digestive issues, feels better traveling, wheezing cough, feelings of loneliness, sleepless, runny nose, tired, takes longer than what’s expected to recover from colds and flus.  I put together a time line which showed the asthma began at about 5-6 years old – a time of serious family discord – a key causation. Conventional drugs helped to manage the asthma, but with time and without a holistic approach life patterns would become more deeply ingrained and symptoms would probably become worse and eventually more difficult to treat.
After one homeopathic remedy, most symptoms have subsided, very little need for inhaler for the first time in many many years, needs to travel less.

2.)   Back pain.  Client complains of having thrown out back after reaching up for a light object.  On structural analysis left leg appears longer, right hip higher, left shoulder higher, strong curves especially in lower cervical/upper thoracic region of spine indicate spinal instability (when viewed from client’s back side.  The back pain was at the area of spinal vertebrae C-6, C-7, T 1-3, where the spine seemed to have the greatest degree of curve.  The right side of the spine looked “shorter” on visual analysis.  In movement assessment I perceived that the client had little movement through the painful area, breath was also compromised here.  The acute pain seemed to be a culmination of years of structural imbalances and asymmetrical use. It’s no wonder why simply reaching up caused such severe pain.

A process of Structural Integration allowed deviated spinal patterns and major body segments to come to a better state of balance, the result – pain relief.

Dr. A.T. Still said, “Anyone can find disease, it is the job of the doctor to find health.”  To supplement homeopathic remedies and structural bodywork I give insight, understanding, and homework for the habit patterns that I perceive.  I believe that a client’s participation is the key to good health. Those who can unwind from the grind and schedule time throughout their day for themselves really progress.  Change is coming, medicine is evolving.

“It’s Mystical, but it’s Physical” (The way one client expressed his experience of Rolf Structural Integration)

In my practice, MedicinEvolution, I’ve heard clients say some of the most interesting things after experiencing Rolf Structural Integration.  I want to share some of what I can recall with you.
•    Since the session the world has been more vivid, my senses seemed to be more acute.  That goes for every sense, my hearing, sight, smell, etc.  I notice things I didn’t before although they’ve always been right in front of me.
•    For some reason I have access to a wider range of vocabulary.
•    I felt a sense of spirituality.  I became Muslim.
•    This work has will help develop your intuition.
•    I’m an athlete, I know my foot, but I’ve never been able to feel my foot like this before.  The awareness that it has brought, amazing!
•    I’m much more aware of my body.
•    Before the work I used to live in the attic (pointing to her head).  Now I feel like I’ve come down to live in the house (pointing to her body).
•    I wanted to get married, and now I’m engaged.
•    His confidence is better.
•    She’s happier!
•    That night after the 6th session all of my symptoms the night of the car accident returned i.e., vomitting, back pain, headache, etc. just like they were.  By the time I woke in the morning they were gone.  My back pain is gone.
•    Don’t take your hand off my back, I can feel the pain leaving through your hand.  Keep it right where it is.  (A very good friend during his bout with cancer, I miss you)
•    My asthma went away.
•    I totally forgot that I wore leg braces.  That was 20 something years ago, and right now I am recalling the Dr. and his exact address.  That’s weird.  (While reestablishing balance in his lower legs)
•    Emotions could no longer anchor themselves to flesh, they’d come and go.
•    I grew an inch.
•    I feel stronger.
•    I feel younger.
•    I feel skinnier.
•    My old pants fit me again.
•    What I’ve learned from Structural Integration is that I can prevent my own future ailments.
•    I don’t get sick like I used to, I would’ve expected to get sick this winter.
•    I’ve experienced a new level of health and fitness.
•    I consider it a part of my training (as a triathlete).
•    I’ve been to a lot of reputable people but no one ( like a Structural Integration practitioner) waits for the body to move, I feel like this does something.
•    I can sleep better.
•    I didn’t feel a thing after the ten sessions.  After returning from a 200 mile hike on the Pacific Coast Trail I don’t think I would’ve made it if I didn’t go through this work.
•    I was shy, the uprightness that I feel makes me feel better about myself.
•    After only a few sessions I could already feel the results not only in the way my back felt but my posture, breathing and the way I was moving. I knew that the underlying postural imbalances were beginning to correct themselves.

If you read through the literature of alternative medicine you can find interesting things like this.  What I love about the Rolf work is that its focus is to release, clarify, define, communicate, support, and organize the physical body.  As a result, the purity of the physical work can sometimes lead to a sort of veil being removed between different aspects of one’s being, the direct correlation, then, becomes clear.  Here are some physical goals during the ten session process of Rolf Structural Integration:
•    Bringing length to the front of the body.
•    Stacking major segments more appropriately.
•    Increasing the vital capacity (breath).
•    Helping the (3) foot arches to function properly.
•    Balancing knees over ankles.
•    Lengthening the back and supporting the spine by restoring correct position of muscles and soft tissue.
•    To win back “sides” of the body
•    Coaxing length in inner legs and revitalizing the pelvic floor.
•    Awakening deep structures and relating anatomy superficial and deep.
•    Freeing the sacrum from the pelvis and restoring it as part of the spine.
•    Horizontalizing the pelvis (the “seat of the soul” as Dr. Rolf described it).
•    Enabling micro-movements to the bones of the head and unifying the spine and all its complexities.
•    Integrating movement of the limbs into the body and empowering a broader more unified range of motion.
•    Establishing optimal joint function, nervous system health, organ space, structure and function, function and structure, three-dimensional body.

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In a series of videos he addresses the very basics where most others fail – in developing an UNDERSTANDING of how the body works. Homeopathy is not a theory but a method of healing based on principles of the body’s mechanisms for disease and healing.

Effectiveness (in anything) lies in how well both practitioners and clients comprehend, understand, and trust process.

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