The often overlooked systems.

Many chronic pain issues are caused by strains and adhesion’s in systems that rarely get treated with hands-on therapies.  The work of Visceral Manipulation addresses these systems to restore function and hep the body to heal itself. Visceral Manipulation treats all the tissues of the body including: nerves, arteries, bones, joints, the cranium and of course organs.…

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Visceral Manipulation can help heal hiatal hernia’s

When the valve from the esophagus to the stomach becomes dysfunctional, acid from the stomach finds its way up into the esophagus.  If this persists the esophagus can become damaged resulting in many complications, some potentially more serious than others. The work of Visceral Manipulation aims to restore proper mobility, glide and function to the…

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What is the craniosacral rhythm?

Our spinal cord and brain are wrapped in a strong membrane called dura mater derived from the Latin “tough mother”, it is tough, inflexible and leather-like.   The bones of the head are bonded to the the dura and it attaches to the first three vertebrae in the upper neck before it glides through the…

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The growth of our Brain

Information about the evolution of our brain… The hemispheres of what was to evolve into the human brain began to develop 250 million years ago.(1)   100 million years ago they developed lateral specialization, and very slowly began to grow in size.  65 million years ago protohominid brain volume had reached 30 cubic centimeters, 20 million…

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About Rolfing. Bend, OR therapist Michael Hahn.

Rolfing® was developed by Dr. Ida P. Rolf over the course of her lifetime.  Dr. Rolf studied yoga early on in her life and this helped inform how she developed the hands-on work known as Rolfing.  She was greatly influenced by the work of Osteopathy and realized that the body’s relationship to gravity was a…

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Visceral Manipulation treatments help you heal from surgery

There are many layers with in our body.  These layers are all designed to move, glide and stretch a certain way.  When we have a surgery to our body these layers are cut through and during the healing process loose a considerable amount of the original designed movement. Receiving Visceral Manipulation prior to surgeries helps…

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