"I am a 35 year old male who owns and operates an excavating company and is an avid skier, downhill mountain biker and kiter to name a few hobbies. A result of my work and play has been a fair amount of wear and tear on my body in the form of several injuries over the past 4-5 years, including 2 broken humerus bones, ACL reconstructive surgery and a compression fracture of my lower back.
I was introduced to Heidi through a mutual friend who had heard about the severe back pain I was having at the end of our construction season last year. We had just finished a very laborious trail construction project which involved a lot of heavy, awkward lifting. My back and body were to the point where I was having troubles bending over to pick up anything off the ground and I was not sleeping most of the night due to pain.
I came to Heidi with very limited knowledge about Rolfing, yoga, breathing and how they all work together. After the first visit it was evident that I was the perfect candidate to benefit greatly from completing a full 10 series of Rolfing with Heidi. During my sessions Heidi really had an amazing ability to first listen to me explain where my pain was being felt and what stretching exercises I was trying to do help alleviate the pain. Heidi was able to combine my input with her own observations to really cater a Rolfing experience for me and my issues. Heidi was able to go way beyond the Rolfing sessions by also instructing me on better ways to add flexibility and elongation to my stretching routines with tweaks to my technique and breathing. Heidi was such an amazing listener, observer, technician and instructor all in one package.
It has now been several months since our last session. I have been expecting this whole time for my body to revert back to its usual pain and discomfort. However, I have been amazed about the longevity of the treatments and the ability for my body to still benefit from the treatments and instruction Heidi had given me months ago. I sure did not change much in my lifestyle besides being much more aware of my posture and movement of my body along with incorporating a daily stretching routine.
I have and will continue to highly recommend Heidi to all my friends with similar issues. Her knowledge, professionalism, care and dedication to making my Rolfing experience comfortable and effortless was amazing!" N.G.
"I’m a 37 year old elementary school PE teacher, movement is my job. Along with being active for a living I’m also an avid skier, biker and rugby player. Over last few years I have had a major knee surgery, a broken leg and a major emotional disruption in my life. All of this lead me to place that I did not like being. It was hard for me to move in my everyday life making me more and more sedentary. When it came to my passions of play it became more difficult to find the enjoyment in them because of the pain before and after the activity.
I was recommended to Heidi by a yoga teacher I went to see for private yoga classes to help with my problems. I was a little skeptical at first as I had never done Rolfing before and was a afraid of the cost and commitment. I signed up for a one session trial. As soon as I stepped out of the room I went to the front desk and signed up for the 10 session series. I knew just after my initial visit that this was not only something that I wanted to do but something that I needed to do for my body and mind.
As we worked through the ten series I started to feel better and better. At first it was little things like getting out of the car and walking without pain. Then as I started to see improvement it became easier to be more active and start enjoying not only my job again but the outdoor passions I have.
It has been just under two months since my last visit and I could not happier with the way things turned out. I still feel better than I have in many years, I’m happier at my job, I have more fun in my free time and feel overall much more healthy. I would highly recommend Heidi to anyone who might be interested in Rolfing or just improving where they are with overall movement and health." M.H.