The European Rolfing Association recently posted a short article about a new study on the benefits of Rolfing. The data involved 563 subjects, all of whom had completed the Rolfing 10-session series with the same practitioner. The subjects were measured along 5 parameters: Passive hip flexion mobility Passive knee flexion mobility Chest circumference at normal breathing Chest circumference at full inspiration Trunk length symmetry The authors state, “All parameters showed st

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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