Does Rolfing Hurt?
In
Rolfing, we worked around chronically contracted tissue. This tissue can be tender to touch. The cramped muscle is tender to touch but we
know that the pressure on muscle leads to the cramped releasing.
The
Rolfer should be able to tell when the pressure goes from being pressure to
been truly painful. The student should
also feel free to inform the Rolfer of the intensity of the pressure. Sometimes working in the site of an old
injury can bring up intense memories of the original injury. Along with the memory of the original injury
can come a fear of damage to that sight.
Working with structural problems like this does take sensitivity.
There
can be other issues involved in the person's description of their experience as
painful. The experience of Rolfing,
though, should not be a painful one.