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Rolfing (tm), also known as Structural Integration, is considered deep-tissue bodywork. Unlike typical massage, the Rolf Method of Structural Integration is not done to remove metabolic waste from muscle tissue, but rather focuses on restructuring poor posture by lengthening and realigning connective tissue that wraps around muscles. It is used to increase a person's range of motion, enhance lightness and freedom in the body, elevate energy, and reduce pain. The Rolfing (tm) movement began approximately 40 years ago in America by Ida Rolf, Ph.D., and it reached the popular culture in the late 1960s through the Human Potential Movement that was active in California at the time. Most people who seek Structural Integration therapy are motivated either by pain, or by a sense of tightness and restriction in their body. A Rolfing (tm) treatment is designed to not only release the adhesions and relax the muscles, but also to learn more effective body mechanics so that the patterns the patient unlearns do not return. Some of the most common benefits of Rolfing (tm) are increased flexibility, a more balanced posture, relief of pain, including muscle tension, joint spasms and headaches and a more balanced emotional outlook.