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Structural Integration (Rolfing)  Christopher Grecco • Phone: (424) 248-7143 • info@poetryofmotion.net

Serving Palm Beach County, Florida

 

Including Jupiter, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington,

Juno Beach, Lake Worth Beach, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, and Boca Raton

Structural Integration

The Key To Opening Your Body's Dynamic Potential!

Structural Integration and Fascia

What is Structural Integration?

Structural Integration (Rolfing) was developed by Dr. Ida P. Rolf Ph.D. as a way to better organize and achieve whole body balance in gravity, via manipulation of the vast fascial network of connective tissues - using touch, awareness, movement, and education.
SI can potentially alleviate chronic pain and discomfort by influencing change in compensations or inefficient patterns of movement. The results are more freedom and grace in movement, as well as improving physical and psychological vitality! SI is typically performed over a series of 10 sessions with a varied amount of time in between, depending on the client. Individual or tune-up sessions of SI are also common and possible. In simplistic terms, the goal of Structural Integration is to straighten you up and enable you to move and breathe more freely with little to no pain. Practitioner and client work together throughout the entire process. SI helps to literally put the pep back in your step!

What is Fascia?

A Fascia is a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and separate muscles and other internal organs. The Fascial System consists of the three-dimensional continuum of soft, collagen containing, loose and dense fibrous connective tissues that permeate the body. It surrounds, interweaves between, and interpenetrates all organs, muscles, bones and nerve fibers, endowing the body with a functional structure, providing an environment that enables all body systems to operate in an integrated manner. Fascia is designed to be elastic and move freely with muscles and bones. Injury, stress, work-related repetitive movements and the effects of aging can cause fascia to lose its elasticity and become shorter, tighter, and denser. Tightened fascia pulls our muscles and skeleton out of proper alignment and posture, which can cause pain, discomfort, and fatigue. Think of Fascia as a body wide web enveloping and connecting every organ, muscle, nerve, cell and bone. It's dense with sensory nerve endings and is potentially the source for chronic or acute myofascial pain syndromes. It is truly one of our richest sensory organs!

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