Rolfing

American  

[rawl-fing, rol-] / ˈrɔl fɪŋ, ˈrɒl- /

Trademark.

1. a type of massage therapy involving sometimes intensive manipulation of the fascia of the muscles and internal organs to relieve physical and emotional tension, improve posture, increase vitality, etc.

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Example Sentences

Under those parameters, Rolfing and amendment supporter Michelle Erpenbach would have faced additional weeks of campaigning on their way to election runoffs in their 2010 council bids.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2017

“In some ways it’s good and in some ways it’s very frustrating,” said Councilor Rex Rolfing, the man who gaveled down Stehly in September.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2017

Rolfing: “I said, ‘can you imagine if Lanny had played in this kind of environment?’”

From Golf Digest • Oct. 1, 2016

Baritone Robert Hayward and mezzo-soprano Claudia Mahnke spend an hour in a kind of mutual Rolfing session, she physically trying to release his demons.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2014

Similarly I thought that Rolfing was a very effective tool but I did not enjoy administering that much pain, although a significant number of the clients really wanted pain.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve