James Tremblay working slow and deep along the spinal groove People often ask whether Rolfing is a form of massage therapy, and it’s a reasonable question. Rolfing is hands-on, therapeutic, and often practiced by licensed massage therapists. From the outside, it can look similar to other forms of bodywork people are already familiar with. The short answer is that Rolfing isn’t massage therapy in the conventional sense, but it does belong to the same broader tradition of hands

Wikipedia Not “Tensor Lata Fascia”, nor “Fascia Tensor Lata” It’s easy to get the name mixed up. Many people search for “tensor lata fascia”  or “fascia tensor lata,” but the correct order is tensor fascia lata . Technically, it’s the “tensor fasciae latae”, but that is used less often in common practice and gets us too deep into difficult Latin grammar. The Latin roots tell us what it means: Tensor  = stretcher Fascia(e)  = of the fascia (connective tissue throughout the bo

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When it comes to bodywork, terms like Rolfing Structural Integration and myofascial release often come up. Both approaches focus on...