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Many
professional and Olympic athletes have found that Rolfing enhances performance and reduces recovery time for sport related injuries.
Among the many professional sports figures who have benefited from Rolfing
are:
Professional
sports
- Phil
Jackson,
Los Angeles Lakers coach says, "I'm the kind of person that
likes to physically challenge myself. I think (Rolfing) is a valuable
resource...for keeping myself together."
- Charles
Barkley, former basketball star
- Chris
Carter, ex-Minnesota Viking football star
- Qadry
Ismail,
Baltimore Ravens football star
- The
Phoenix Suns basketball team
has players work with a Rolfer
- Mario
Lemieux, hockey legend
- Bob
Tewksbury, ex-pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
- Ivan
Lendl,
former tennis champion
- Craig
Swan,
former N.Y. Mets pitcher, and Certified Rolfer, whose career
ended
from a sports injury. "Bodywork can extend athletic careers,"
says Swan. "I truly believe if I had received Rolfing in
the early part of my career, I
would still be pitching today."
- Bret
Saberhagen,
former Kansas City Royals Pitcher
- Tom
Seaver, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
- Jeff
Linder,
competitive cyclist
Olympic
athlete
- Michelle
Kwan, 2002 U.S. Olympic figure skater, 98 Olympic Silver
Medallist
- Elvis
Stojko, 2002 Canadian Olympic figure skater, 98 Olympic
Silver
Medallist says, "Rolfing helped me to find my center of balance
for
competition."
- Wendy
Wagner,
2002 U.S. Olympic Nordic Ski team
- Iginia
Boccalandro,
2002 and '98 Venezuelan Olympic luge team and Certified Rolfer
- Ben
Hindle, 2002 Canadian Olympic bobsleigh team
- John
Bauer,
2002, '98 & '92 U.S. Olympic Nordic Ski team, 8x National
Champion
- Sarah
Will,
five times U.S. Paralympic Gold Medal Skier, credits her gold
medal to Rolfing. She says, "Rolfing increased my performance
time 100%."
- Isabelle
Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, 2x Canadian Olympic bronze
medal pairs figure skaters
- Brian
Orser,
Olympic Silver Medallist and World Champion figure skater
- Sharon
Sander,
ranked #2 on the U.S. Pentathlon team
- Lance
Deal,
2000 U.S. Olympic hammer thrower, 96 Olympic Silver Medal
- Erin
Aldrich,
2000 U.S .Olympic high jumper and 2x All-American
- Joe
Greene,
1996 U.S. Olympic Bronze Medal winner of the long jump, now training
to win the Olympic gold medal, says "Rolfing has made a huge
difference."
- Kristen
Ulmer,
former World Champion Extreme skier
- John
Egan, world renowned Extreme skier
- Mickey
Egan,
Rumanian Olympic Skier
- Grant
Ernhardt, a U.S. Biathlon team member, 2002 Olympic hopeful
Other
Celebrities
- Leon
Fleisher,
virtuoso concert pianist
- Levar
Burton, actor
- Sean
Young, who has starred in the movies "Bladerunner",
"No Way Out", "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective",
"Wall Street", "Fatal Instinct", "Once
Upon a Crime", and a few dozen others receives Rolfing"®"
from Certified Rolfer Bob Brill.
- Willie
Nelson,
songwriter: "My wife recommended (Rolfing) highly",
says
Willie Nelson, "...The first of ten sessions fixed (my back
pain)," reported
the New York Times, on Feb. 23, 1995.
- Sam
Keen,
best-selling writer, is a former Psychology Today editor and
co-producer of award winning PBS documentary "Faces Of The
Enemy".
- Courtney
Love,
actress/singer
- Denis
Leary,
actor/comedian
- Diane
Ladd,
actress
- Georgia
O'Keefe, artist
- Miro,
modern artist
- Fritz
Perl,
psychotherapist
- Mary
Elizabeth Mastontonio,
Broadway/movie actress
- Maria
Benitez,
Flamenco Dancer
- Steve
Turre,
jazz trombonist
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