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<< Tom,, this is just too rude - why bring your own personal prejudices into
this by attacking someone?
Enuf, please!
Jude Hall
who is interested and open to discussion of alternative therapies - doesn't
consider them "quacks", and is losing patience with the tone here...
>What in God's name is a Rolfer and why would one become certified in it? I
>think some of my fraternity brothers were frequent rolfers way back in the
>60's, but nobody ever got certified. Is there money in it?
> >>
Jude, it just so happens that Jim and I are having a nice discussion offline
about what rolfing is and I'm learning a hell of a lot--let me tell you about
it, see if I've got it right so far:
Rolfing is relaxing or losening fascia. Fascia is the connective tissue that
surrounds most organs in the body--the sacs that keep these organs from
sloshing around.
I see an application for rolfing as follows: Whenever we exercise a horse
with a lot of LSD and not much event-specific work, we always get real hard
muscles. These aren't actually hard muscles but hard, thick fascia
surrounding the muscles.
Then, when we finally get around to doing race-specific work, we start
pumping up those muscles with fuel and they start expanding--into tough
fascia bags that don't have the room, or the inclination, to expand. The
result: compartmental syndrome, which looks a hell of a lot like tying up. If
rolfing could be brought in at the right time, severe muscle damage, and
sometimes death, might just be avoided in these cases.
Now, this is the discussion Jim and I are having due to the passages you have
cited as outrageously insulting. Do you have any humor in your soul? Jim
does.
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