Medical Doctor Certified Advanced Rolfer® Swiss Society for Structural Integration (SGSI)1 Licensed

ABSTRACT Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist Dr. Tina Wang discusses her appreciation for the profession of structural integration for putting fascia research on the map in this article with Rolfer® Lu Muller-Kaul. As a medical doctor also practicing manual therapy, Wang has had a first-person view of fascia research and manipulation going from obscurity to more mainstream medical domains. She offers her insights as an expert dealing with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders.

ABSTRACT Just like the ease that a person experiences when standing on their ‘Line’, as Dr. Ida Rolf described, people move with ease when they apply the wisdom of the tonic function model, as retired, French Rolf Movement Instructor Hubert Godard has described. In this article, Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® faculty member, Per Haaland, reviews his own path learning, practicing, and teaching Godard’s tonic function model from workshops with Godard himself, as well as a mentorship with Rolf Movement Instructor Kevin Frank.