CURRENT RESEARCH RELATED TO
Structural IntegrationROLFING® STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION TREATMENT OF CERVICAL SPINE DYSFUNCTION
Rolfing® Structural Integration Treatment of Cervical Spine Dysfunction demonstrates that the basic ten-session series of Rolfing Structural Integration (RSI), when applied by a physical therapist with advanced RSI certification, is capable of significantly decreasing pain and increasing active range of motion in adults with cervical spine dysfunction. The retrospective study is published in the Medline-indexed Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies.
Article authors: Helen James MPT, Professor Emerita; Luis Castaneda, Student Physical Therapist; Marilyn E. Miller PhD, PT, GCS; Thomas Findley MD, PhD
STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN
This groundbreaking clinical study reports the design and main outcomes of a pilot randomized clinical trial of Structural Integration as an adjunct to outpatient rehabilitation for chronic low back pain. The study was conducted at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Harvard Medical School, with funding by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (a branch of National Institutes of Health), Harvard Medical School, the Ida P. Rolf Research Foundation, Rolf Institute of Structural Integration, Dean Rollings, the Tikkun Foundation and many individual contributors. Click here for the project details, including the campaign video and Dr. Jacobson’s presentation at Harvard Medical School about the initial clinical results.
View the research article, Structural Integration as an Adjunct to Outpatient Rehabilitation for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Pilot, published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Article authors: Eric E. Jacobson; Alec L. Meleger; Paolo Bonato; Peter M. Wayne; Helene M. Langevin; Ted J. Kaptchuk; Roger B. Davis
STANFORD FOLLOW-UP STUDY ON STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION AND CEREBRAL PALSY
Stanford University Medical School’s research study on Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) for children with cerebral palsy (CP) began in January 2009. Certified Advanced Rolfer™ Karen S. Price reports that she and her research team received a 2-year grant from the Gerber Foundation to enroll 24 children ages two to three with CP for a follow-up study. The size of the research team has doubled and now includes a PhD PT for assessments, an additional pediatrician who specializes in CP, PhD consultants, and an individual to assist with grant applications. Many children are currently enrolled and work will continue through 2013. The team has also applied for a second grant to fund children ages three to seven. A paper on the findings from the pilot study, was published in the Journal of Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and a poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia in May 2010.
- September 2013: Poster, Poster in PDF format
- December 2012: San Francisco Chronicle article
- December 2011: Alexis Hansen, Karen Price and Heidi Feldman – Full length article
- May 2010: Poster, Poster in PDF format
RESEARCH ON ROLFING® STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION
The DIRI Research Committee supports and guides Rolfing® Structural Integration research. Learn More.
In Memory of Dr Leon Chaitow
We are sad to announce that after a long and uneven battle fought with courage, strength, and humor, as of September 20th 2018, Dr Leon Chaitow is no longer with us. In the few months that he was ill, he was able to complete his last book, Fascial Dysfunction 2nd edition, available from Handspring Publishers, and made arrangements for editorial succession of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. For those of you who knew him well, please know that, in the words of Dylan Thomas, Leon raged like few against the dying of the light and did not go gentle into that good night. His legacy lives on in his many books and articles, in the students he taught, in the patients he treated, and in the family to whom he was a most beloved husband and father whose loss will never fade. The greatest way to honor him is to continue to carry that torch.