I first learned of Rolfing about eight years ago, but because I was in graduate school at the time, my financial situation didn't allow me to pursue getting Rolfing treatments.  So I put the idea on the back burner, but never forgot about Rolfing's promises of increased health.
 
Then, about two years ago, with middle-aged aches and pains creeping up on me, and with improved finances, I decided to undergo Rolfing treatments.  When I experienced how many health benefits I gained from the first few sessions of Rolfing, I was motivated to keep going back for more of the ten basic sessions.
 
Many health problems had been conspiring, before I began the Rolfing treatments, to make it difficult for me to engage in my favorite form of exercising - walking.  On the one hand, problems with insomnia led to a lack of energy, which led to low motivation to go walking.  And on the other hand, a case of plantar fascitis (foot pain), plus misalignment of my back and hips, made me feel like I was fighting against myself whenever I moved ... which also decreased my motivation to take walks.  The Rolfing treatments greatly alleviated all of these problems, and now walking is truly "a breeze".  I actually feel as though I'm gliding along as I walk.
 
The work of the Rolfing practitioner, along with the advice and education she gave me about diet, movement, and exercises, also helped with other chronic pain that I had been experiencing for years:  the mid-back pain (that I had thought I would have to live with for the rest of my life) is gone, and I'm now able to sit for longer periods of time without experiencing low back pain.  My neck tension is a lot less, too.
 
With all of these improvements in my health, I have found more motivation and ability than before treatments to achieve another important health goal - weight loss.
 
I was so happy with the outcomes from participating in the basic Rolfing sessions that I decided to seek Advanced Rolfing treatments some months later.  This deeper work alleviated my TMJ (jaw pain) and helped me to achieve a new sense of physical and psychological freedom.  After a few sessions, I felt a real release of long-held tensions, and I am now able to breathe a lot more deeply and easily.  I've also noticed that my sense of smell has improved.
 
From the long list of problems that Rolfing has helped me with, the physical ailment that I'm most happy to have gotten relief from is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).  After suffering from CTS for nearly ten years, and receiving little to no help from medical doctors, chiropractors, occupational therapists, massage therapists, and physiatrists (who advised that I undergo surgery), I'm finally 95% symptom-free.  This has had a big impact on my life:  I had made all sorts of decisions - big and small - about my future, regarding both work and hobbies, based on not being able to use my right hand much (I'm right-handed).  I can now rethink those decisions and enjoy a lot more freedom to work with my hands.
 
With all of the help that I've received from Rolfing, I feel at least ten years younger and much happier about facing the next decades of my life.
 
Julie T.