Hedgehog Healing
Live Pain Free
What is Rolfing?
Rolfing is a holistic form of bodywork that addresses the root cause of many physical dysfunctions. Through looking at and addressing the client's physical alignment as a whole, Rolfing can not only treat physical symptoms but also address the underlying cause of many physical problems caused by poor posture, misalignment, and limited range of motion. Rolfing reorganizes the fascia (or connective tissue) which surrounds and supports muscles, bones, and organs throughout the entire body. Clients often report less pain, improved posture and alignment, more ease in breathing, walking, and standing and a deeper connection and awareness of their own body. Here's what people have said about Rolfing sessions with me on Google
What is Pain Reprocessing Therapy?
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is perhaps the most effective treatment for long term chronic pain. In the Boulder Back Pain Study, 98% of participants reported a reduction in pain symptoms after 8 weeks, while 66% reported being pain-free or nearly pain free after the 8 week treatment. If you suffer from long term, persistent pain and traditional medical interventions have been ineffective, you may have neuroplastic pain (or pain where the brain has learned to interpret safe sensations as dangerous and therefore, painful). It may be hard to believe but studies have shown that 85% of people with chronic back pain do not have structural damage that explains their pain. This is actually great news because if you don't have structural damage, non-structural pain symptoms are 100% reversible with the correct treatment. This is where Pain Reprocessing Therapy comes in. PRT teaches that while all pain is real, you can also retrain your brain to reduce and even eliminate chronic pain, through creating feelings of safety, reducing fear and breaking the pain-fear cycle.
Here's a link to the Boulder Back Pain Study
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2784694
Why I Do This Work
Despite growing up very active and playing all kinds of sports, I also grew up quite numb and disconnected from my own body. Not being able to sense my own body led to many minor injuries, aches, pains, and 3 hernia surgeries before age 30. When I turned 21, I began playing poker professionally, which is about as far away from being a professional healer as you can get. I made lots of money and even won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2013 but felt unfulfilled underneath the exterior of financial success. I grew up in the world of math, science, achievement, and competition - believing that these would give meaning to life but by my mid 20s I realized this was no longer true. Completely on accident, I had a few transformative experiences that connected me to the energy of the body and the whole realm of experience that exists outside of the conventional achievement-oriented world. I stumbled upon on meditation and began meditating and listening to my body as a daily practice. I also found a related practice called Circling, which involved listening deeply to the experiences of myself and others. Over the next 7 or 8 years, I devoted thousands of hours to honing my ability to listen to the aspects of our experience that exist in the body and beyond words. And after suffering from foot pain for a number of months, I found a Rolfer who not only healed my foot pain but also helped me connect more deeply to my breath and my body than I ever had before. Since having my transformational experiences with Rolfing and Meditation, I decided to become a Rolfer to use the listening presence I've developed over the years to help others. I currently offer Rolfing and Pain Reprocessing Therapy in service of your freedom from pain and to honor the potential of your transformation through the body. Since transitioning from a full time poker pro to a Certified Rolfer and Pain Reprocessing Therapist my mantra has changed from "how can I take your money," to "how may I serve you?"
Please let me know if there's any way I can assist you on your healing journey.
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May You Be Free From Suffering
Isaac Glazer Hagerling
