Rob’s Blog
Steroids: to use them or not for common pain and inflammation
This article, at http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/10/974?demonstrates the short-term efficacy of steroid injections with “heel pain”. What it didn’t elaborate on was the rate of side effects, and the limits of the long-term effectiveness of this regimen. Basically, the results leveled off at 1 month ( see “Results” area), and they don’t mention what happens after the injections […]
Ballet and Bare Toes for Coordination and Mastery
I was in ballet class today, and I had the opportunity to take barre behind a wonderful young dancer who will be performing in the upcoming shows with Lemon Spongcake Contemporary Ballet, directed by Robert Sherl-Machherndl. These will be December 1st, 8 PM and 2nd, 2PM at Boulder’s Dairy Center for the Arts. What was […]
Dancer Self-care: Bunions, first installment
Nothing is quite so bothersome to a dancer as sore, dysfunctional feet, especially the big toe. Sadly, nothing is more common! Bunions, especially, can be a problem, to ballet dancers, and to any dancer who emphasizes turnout and relèvés, or who, possibly, has a genetic or learned tendency to develop a bunion. I was sort […]
The Enneagram as an inspiration for Rolfing® objectives
I have set down a list of nine objectives for Rolfing® work, created by contemplating the Nine Types from the Enneagram, for those of us that are interested in that. 1. “Perfectionist”: Rolfers invite more symmetry to your structure, to help improve balance of body-tone in action. Total, perfect symmetry is not only boring; it […]
Rolfing® as a “Flow” experience
To me, Rolfing® Structural Integration is a Flow Experience, in the sense defined below. Here’s Wikipedia on “Flow” as an educational and Zen-like state: “Flow is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and […]
Dance Styles and Rolfing® strategies
Different forms of dance put different demands on the body and require specific skills for optimum performance. If you are interested in Contact Improvisation, the connection to the ground gained through Rolfing, plus the freeing up of key fulcrums around the pelvis add up to much more stability, enjoyment and responsiveness in your dancing.The ability […]