Anyone had experience with both of these to fix imbalances? From the research I have done it seems that ART is more injury specific, whereas Rolfing is concerned with the entire kinetic chain. Would this be correct?
At the moment I am steering towards Rolfing as my problems stem from my ankles all the way up.
Any help in deciding which path to go down would be greatly appreciated.
Had them both done. ART did more to help me immediately, where rolfing helped me with my pain tolerance. If you are patient and money is not an issue, try rolfing. It is brutal, just as ART is. It is also methodical. If I had problems that I could pinpoint, I would opt for ART. Read the articles on here about foam rolling. 8-10$ vs 1,000+, you can make an 8 dollar mistake and move on
[quote]jp_dubya wrote:
Had them both done. ART did more to help me immediately, where rolfing helped me with my pain tolerance. If you are patient and money is not an issue, try rolfing. It is brutal, just as ART is. It is also methodical. If I had problems that I could pinpoint, I would opt for ART. Read the articles on here about foam rolling. 8-10$ vs 1,000+, you can make an 8 dollar mistake and move on[/quote]
agreed, my foam roller has done more for me than anything mainly because i use it a little every day as opposed to spending thousands trying to replicate this with therapy.
I have been treated with ART for years now, and am a fully certified ART provider, so this response may be a bit biased.
I have used ART on many patients, including professional athletes and Olympic athletes with amazing results. The great thing about ART is that it is very tissue specific, meaning it does not irritate other tissues that don’t need to be treated. Keep in mind, that many manual therapies are in fact an insult to the tissue, and your body has to recover from these treatments. So, if you’re already injured to start with, you need to be very careful not to be “overtreated”.
As for not knowing exactly what the problem is, or treating the entire kinetic chain, the ART practitioner will make diagnosis, and determine which structures need to be addressed.
Keep in mind, I’ve never had Rolfing, but as far as the foam roller, great tool for prevention, but definitely not a replacement for hands on treatment.
I hope this helps.
Thanks for the info guys. Would an ART guy be able to work everything that I know is leading to bad posture in one session, or would it take too long? By this I mean calves, ITB, hip flexors, hamstrings, internal rotators.