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Testimonials Certified Advanced Rolfer and MD, Dr. Bret Nye, speaks about alternative/complementary medicine, a cost-effective, alternative to surgery and drugs - "Demand for the services of health practitioners like Rolfers is growing as evidenced by the Nov. 98 JAMA estimate of $21.2 billion being spent for alternative medicine in 97. Integrative health care is a new trend, that combines Western and complementary medicines to offer the best technological advances in health care. Health insurance companies are increasingly becoming interested in therapies like Rolfing not only as potential cost-effective alternatives or complements to traditional modalities but as opportunities to provide coverage for services that will distinguish them in an increasingly competitive marketplace of providers."Other scientists: Jonas Salk (Salk Institute) Athletes Michelle Kwan and Elvis Stojko, 1998 Olympic Silver Medalists, find they have a competitive advantage by working with a team of specialists that includes Helen James, Physical Therapist, and a Certified Advanced Rolfer. Elvis Stojko introduced Helen James, Certified Advanced Rolfer to Michelle Kwan in July during the Campbell Soup Tour of World Figure Skating Champions. Stojko, who has benefited from James' physical therapy and Rolfing expertise since 1995 says, "Rolfing helped me to find my center of balance for competition; it puts my body in place." Working with Olympic and world-champion figure skaters is nothing new for James. She says, "It's key for figure skaters like Michelle and Elvis, to find an exact balanced position in space. Balance and integration are the primary goals of the Rolfing process. Athletes find they have fewer injuries and recover more quickly through Rolfing work," says James. "They feel lighter and have more energy because they're not working as hard. They perform and complete their jumps with more ease." Three U.S. Athletes trained at the Rolf Institute in June 1998: John Bauer, a 1992 & 1998 Olympian Nordic Skier; Grant Earnhardt, a U.S. biathlon team member; and Gary Colliander, a Minnesota Biathlete completed Unit One this spring. Their stories are highlighted in a press release entitled, "The Ski-Rolfing® Connection Is Stronger Than Just Skiers Getting Rolfing Bodywork." These athletes say that a career in bodywork fits an athlete's lifestyle & furthers their training. It can offer them the flexibility to both train and work in a profitable and independent career. Bob Tewksbury, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins says, "I have received many benefits from Rolfing. In 1991, my massage therapist recommended it as a way to get a deeper level of work. Although the benefits of muscle work come and go depending on when and how regularly I get Rolfing work, I have noticed long-lasting benefits with regard to my breathing, my posture, and my body awareness. I have used Rolfing mainly in two areas, for my lower and upper back to help with flexibility and stiffness and to enhance my performance. I plan to use it again." The Phoenix Suns are the first major NBA Basketball team to have a certified Advanced Rolfer on hand, Jeffrey Maitland, the Rolf Institute’s Director of Academic Affairs. "Phoenix Suns guard, Danny Ainge, who has been Rolfed for years, recommended the therapy to (Charles) Barkley. Other Suns, Mark West, and A.C. Green, also have been Rolfed...with satisfactory results," reported the Arizona Republic, May 1994. Sarah Will, 1998 US Paralympic Gold Medal Skier, a member of the US Disabled Ski Team is a paraplegic athlete who credits her five gold metals to Rolfing. Will says that "Rolfing gives you a competitive edge as an athlete." Sharon Sander ranked #2 on the US Pentathlon team, who's preparing to compete in the first women's Olympics pentathlon, says, "I recommend Rolfing for any athlete who has ever had trouble with injuries or doesn't feel like they are reaching their potential." Joe Greene, two-time U.S.A. Olympic bronze medal long jumper says, "Rolfing works. It makes a huge difference. I've been in track and field a long time and wish I had known about it sooner. My stomach tenses and my hips tighten when I jump. The Rolfing bodywork helped me to breathe and I felt taller." Craig Swan, the former N.Y. Mets pitcher, says, "Bodywork can extend athletic careers," says Swan, whose career ended from a sports injury. "I truly believe if I had been Rolfed in the early part of my career, I would still be pitching." Swan’s recovery from a pitching injury inspired him to become a Rolfer and help others. His clients include former baseball star, Tom Seaver, tennis champion,Ivan Lendl and Olympic athlete Edwin Moses Celebrities Leon Fleisher, virtuoso concert pianist: "When a crippling hand injury ended his performing career, Peabody pianist, Leon Fleisher went down a different musical road. Thirty years later, he's turned up an unexpected corner (when he met Certified Advanced Rolfer, Tessy Brunghardt)...The (Rolfing) results were remarkable." John Hopkins magazine, 1995. Levar Burton - "The Rolfer works on fascia which is the thin sheath of white tissue that covers the musculature. By manipulating the fascia you manipulate the musculature and in turn the skeletal structure, so you bring alignment to the body... It can be very healing, cleansing, and balancing for the body." Oprah - July 7, 1996 Movie star Sean Young, who has starred in the movies "Blade Runner", "No Way Out", "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", "Wall Street", "Fatal Instinct", "Once Upon a Crime", and a few dozen others receives Rolfing"®" from Certified Rolfer Bob Brill. Willie Nelson, songwriter: "My wife recommended (Rolfing) highly", says Willie Nelson, "...The first of ten sessions fixed (my back pain)," reported the New York Times, on Feb. 23, 1995. Sam Keen, the best-selling writer, is a former Psychology Today editor and co-producer of the award-winning PBS documentary "Faces Of The Enemy". "Bodywork has allowed me at age 65 to live as vigorously as I want to, in an embodied way. Nine months ago I started studying flying trapeze work, and I couldn’t have done it without Rolfing." Whole Life Times, Aug.’94. When Sam Keen spoke of Dr. Ida Rolf as a true pioneer in his early Psychology Today 1970s article, Rolfing's bodywork gained international attention. Now thirty years later, Keen benefits by making Rolfing a part of his healthcare regimen, to stay aligned, fit, and flexible for his flying trapeze work. Sam Keen’s books include Inward Bound; Fire In the Belly: On Being A Man; and the Passionate Life. Other celebrities who have benefited from Rolfing are actress/singer, Courtney Love, actor Denis Leary (film: Thomas Crown Affair); actress Diane Ladd; the King of Spain; artist Georgia O'Keefe; modern artist, Miro; psychotherapist, Fritz Perl; author, Sam Keen; Broadway/movie actress, Mary Elizabeth Mastontonio; Flamenco Dancer, Maria Benitez; jazz trombonist, Steve Turre, and many more. Other Endorsements A 50-year-old scientist, and medical consultant for healthcare manufacturers, Jim Wright had planned to live with his shoulder, neck, and back problems until his wife suggested Rolfing. The problems are gone and he comes in once a year for a tune-up. Mary Elizabeth Nordstrom, President of Moore Vocal Arts, says, "I am 73 years old and have advanced scoliosis which the Rolfing treatments have begun to help. One of my friends who had not seen me for a while remarked on my better posture without my telling her why." |
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