Structural Therapy, otherwise known as Structural Integration, focuses on lengthening the fascia of the body. Fascia is the layer of connective tissue surrounding muscles, bones and organs, and is the system which supports and connects all of our tissues and gives the body structure. Freeing shortened fascia allow muscles to return to natural length.

Postural and movement patterns are determined by a body's relationship with gravity thereby creating strain in unbalanced bodies. Due to injury, daily activities, chronic pain, structural abnormalities and psychological habits the fascia slowly starts to shorten and adjusts to the misalignment and an unbalanced pattern becomes a new pattern. Therefore, when the structure changes, so does the function.

Structural Therapy releases the segments of the body (feet, legs, pelvis, torso, arms, neck, head) from patterns of tension and permits realignment. This balances the structure from front-to-back, side-to-side, top-to-bottom and inside-to-outside and allows the body to function more efficiently in gravity.

Structural Therapy is usually a series of ten sessions with the goal being to organize the body around the core. Each session builds upon the results of the previous until integration of the body is achieved. The practitioner releases the myofascial layers from superficial (sessions one through three) to deep (four through seven) and then focuses on integration between the segments in the final three sessions. After completion there is a period of adaptation to allow for full integration where a couple "touch up" sessions may be needed over the course of the next year in order to fine-tune the integrating process.

The result will be a better organized body that functions from its core with benefits being improved posture, freer movement, greater range of motion, reduced pain, and increased energy. Nearly everyone could benefit from this treatment, however most athletes, dancers and martial artists notice an improvement in performance.

Affecting change is more than the application of technique, it is the ability to listen and facilitate healing. When you change the structure, you change the function.