When our bodies fall out of balance, whether it be from an accident or injury, a repetitive golf swing, sitting at a desk, playing a musical instrument, holding our children, or from gravity pulling down on poor posture, we are forced to compensate for this loss of balance. Thankfully, our bodies are smarter than the house in the analogy, and we can make these changes and still perform our daily activities. However, it is most often these compensatory patterns that bring us in to painful and restrictive situations. By stretching, lengthening, and repositioning the muscles and their fasciae and by the re-education of old movement patterns, Rolfing restores balance in the body and allows it to work more freely, efficiently, and with greater potential.