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There is one muscle that every massage therapist should know intimately, the Quadratus Lumborum. Has your massage therapist ever asked you how your quadratus lumborum was doing? Here is a little information you should know about this very important muscle. It arises from the aponeurotic fibers from the iliolumbar ligament and the adjacent portion of the iliac crest. It then inserts into the lower order of the 12th rib, for about half its length. It then inserts it into four transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae.

William Garner Sutherland D.O. (1873-1954). His 54 year epic journey began when, through Divine Providence, he noticed, that the cranial sutures of the temporal bones were “beveled like the gills of a fish” indicating the ability for movement with the parietal bones, allowing for expansion and contraction. He was an Osteopathic physician and the founder of Cranial Sacral therapy. Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of the first Osteopathic school in America, was the inspiration for Dr. Sutherland’s epic journey. Both doctors believed, that the bones of the skull could move. It was controversial within the medical community then, as it is controversial today. Dr. Sutherland was a deeply spiritual man and later described the origins of the breath of life , a term we revere in this work ,from the Book of Genesis 2:7. This later became the foundational believe of Cranial Osteopathy

So what exactly is Rolfing? To many it conjures up as an extremely painful experience. Unfortunately, there is very little truth to this rumor. It can create intense sensation. Pain in massage therapy should always be a brief experience to alert the Rolfer to fascia that is stuck in an adhesive pattern. A well trained Rolfer/Structural Integrationist should be conscious and respectful of their clients needs.