Real People – In their own words 

It’s like I’ve let something go that I didn’t even know I was carrying.

I have suffered from neck, shoulder and back pain for years with little or no relief; having had a number of physical therapy treatments and medical procedures that while they may help short term they don’t stay with you for a significant amount of time. I also struggle with dizziness. Since having gone to Brian I see some relief. When Brian works on me it is as if he knows the exact location of where the pain is emanating from and works to alleviate the tightness and muscle pain. He follows the pathway of the muscle tension to try to alleviate the pain; when the muscles do release it is as if a veil is being lifted. While I have only been seeing him for a short time, I have confidence he will be able to help me.

There are not many practitioners who could do what Brian does or are as talented. It is as if he was chosen for this field. Brian is compassionate and caring; he really connects with you not only as a patient but as an individual and makes you part of the treatment plan.

While I heard of Rolfing before I wasn’t that familiar with it so when my doctor recommended Brian I was surprised and decided to give it a try. Brian and Rolfing/Manual Therapy are the best things that have happened to me in the last few years. I would strongly recommend anyone with any structural or pain issues to see Brian even if just for an initial visit. You won’t be disappointed. You can work with him in combination with your doctor.

His new location is great and easy to get to. There is an elevator and it is handicapped accessible – a real plus.

When I contacted Brian, the timing was right. I was about to make a career change and would soon be giving up my sixty-hour workweeks and twenty-four hour calls as a hospital anesthesiologist. However, a question loomed. What would I do with my leisure time when the activities that I loved were so painful to engage in?

Brian is a skillful body worker and a sensitive teacher. I cannot have been an especially easy client. After all, I had become quite entrenched in my own role as healer and teacher in the world of conventional medicine. The sessions were challenging for me on several levels. However, I looked forward to each of them.

It has been four months since I completed the ten sessions with Brian. The subtle, but profound transformative process that began with the very first session, continued well beyond the final session. In fact, it has only been over the past several weeks that I have felt as if my progress with Brian has become fully consolidated.

I went running for the first time in two years after my 6th visit with Brian!

I fractured my elbow at the radius and two months later had made pretty good progress, but it was still very tight and I had limited motion. My orthopedist did not have any suggestions for really optimizing my movement and I am an athlete, so I asked for a referral to a physical therapist. That was fine, but it did not take me to the next level. I felt the therapist was, no pun intend, just going through the motions.

I found Brian’s site online and related well to his philosophy. In one session, he loosened up tight tendons and cartilage that had stopped improving weeks ago. He did this by focusing not on my bad arm but rather on the opposite side of my torso, explaining that when I fell on my arm, all the energy was absorbed by the opposing side of my body, where tension was being held. It was very structural and empirical, and quite simply, it worked. My doctor and physical therapist were unable to see what Brian understood instantly. My arm is now completely healed after it had plateaued in its progress for weeks.

SI was foreign to me but all I knew was my lower back had been so…tired lately. I was teaching up to fourteen yoga classes a week and dog walking all over the city every afternoon, and riding a bike as my main form of transportation. A few times I got stuck in bed resting my aching back as it was the only temporary cure. I knew I needed something special.

Brian was so kind and giving. He made me feel very comfortable and I came to fully trust him through all ten sessions and then some. As a movement teacher I loved the idea that I could practice what Brian was teaching me. Standing and walking on my own feet became a more enjoyable experience, I felt more aligned and balanced and more at peace in my own body.

I told Brian that I came to him like a wrinkled corn flake he ironed me out! He is knowledgeable and professional but still warm and lighthearted. I have passed out his card many times to students and friends!

Even though SI seems to put the “work” in bodywork, I still looked forward to our sessions. I knew how good I would feel afterwards. The effects are immediate!

As a dancer, I work with my body on a daily basis. I am wary of seemingly quick-fix routes to body wellness and manual therapists who mysteriously profess intimate knowledge of how my body works. Because I had read some eloquent and convincing literature on the philosophy of Dr. Rolf, my skepticism was tabled and I let my curiosity get the best of me.

Discovering Brian let me get the best of my curiosity, as well. Each of my sessions with Brian was part of a symbiotic learning process; he encouraged me to learn as much as I could about my moving body and I felt that he was actively involved in learning more about the body through his experience with my particular body. I always left his studio feeling empowered within my body and pushed to learn more about it, do more with it, take more care of it.

Brian’s work ignited a charge within me to really engage fully in my physical life; Brian was the conduit of that charge. What a spark!