This webinar features Carla Stecco, MD and was presented on April 8, 2020. Dr. Carla Stecco (University of Padova) discusses connections between fascia and our sensory nervous system. This interview of Dr. Stecco by Nathaly Gaudreault, PhD (University of Sherbrooke),...
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The Role of Fascia in Pressure Control, With Special Attention to the Abdomen
This webinar features Jan-Paul van Wingerden, PhD and was presented on May 26, 2020. Dr. Wingerden provides a different perspective on how we should consider physical function. 'How do we control our bones' seems to be a predominant question asked. When taking the...
Connective Tissue in Sports Medicine
This webinar features renowned fascia researcher Robert Schleip, PhD and was presented on May 11, 2020. Fascial tissues - including tendons, aponeuroses and ligaments - have become a new focus in sports medicine. This is not only due to the fact, that most sports...
Myofascial Force Transmission Lines in the Human Body
This webinar features Jan Wilke, PhD and was presented on April 28, 2020. Recent evidence refutes the common conception of skeletal muscles representing mechanically independent actuators. Instead, they are morphologically linked by collagenous connective tissue, thus...
Embryological Development of Visceral and Pharyngeal Fascia
This webinar features Frank Willard, PhD and was presented on April 22, 2020. Dr. Willard wrote the “Somatic Fascia” and “Visceral Fascia” chapters in "Fascia: The Tensional Network of the Human Body" (Eds. Schleip, Findley, Chaitow, and Huijing). His studies have...
A New Correlate for Intricate Connections Between Fascial Receptors, Emotion, and Self-Awareness
This webinar features Dr. Joeri Calsius, PhD, DO and was presented on April 14, 2020. While the sense of proprioception and exteroception is fairly well known to therapists working with fascia, interoception has received far less attention. However, over the last...
Effect of Stretching on the Resolution of Inflammation Within Connective Tissue
This webinar features Helene Langevin, MD and was presented on May 4, 2020. As the principal investigator of several NIH-funded studies, Dr. Langevin’s research interests have centered around the role of connective tissue in chronic musculoskeletal pain and the...
Fascia and the Autonomic Nervous System
This webinar features Robert Schleip, PhD and was presented on April 3, 2020. Renowned fascia researcher, Robert Schleip, PhD, discusses how the autonomic nervous system and fascia interact. This interview of Dr. Schleip, Phd (Ulm University), by Nathaly Gaudreault,...
Microscopic Mysteries of Fascia: What New Science Tells Us About Hormone Receptors and Biochemical Production in Fascia
This webinar features Carla Stecco, MD and was presented on March 27, 2020. Renowned fascia researcher, Carla Stecco, MD, discusses the latest discoveries of microscopic structures within fascia and their implications on human function. She is interviewed by Nathaly...
Summary: Influence of Rolfing Structural Integration on Lower Limb Mobility, Respiratory Thorax Mobility, and Trunk Symmetry: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Major Research Study finds Physical Improvement from Structural Integration
Date: June 3, 2026Subscribe to Our NewsletterThis newsletter focuses on an important study of biomechanical changes from Rolfing® Structural Integration that was recently published in a peer-reviewed journal by a team led by Robert Schleip. They analyzed data...
Summary: Rolfing Structural Integration Treatment of Cervical Spine Dysfunction
Foundation Funded Research
Hi, I am Katja Bartsch, a post-doctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich and a board-certified Structural Integration practitioner. My postdoctoral research measured the effects of Structural Integration on posture, pain, range-of-motion and soft...
Latest Research Publication
Dr. Robert Schleip is interviewed by Eric Jacobson about his team’s recent analysis of data from Rolfer and physical therapist Helen James on the biomechanical benefits of Structural Integration, and her groundbreaking career.Helen James recorded Rolfing Structural...
Past Funded Research
Structural Integration for Chronic Low Back Pain was a groundbreaking clinical study conducted by Eric Jacobson, Ph.D., a research scientist at Harvard Medical School. It was funded by a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a...










