Vera Povolna is a Rolfing practitioner with offices in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Rolfing, also known as Structural Integration, is a manual therapy that addresses specific chronic tensions in the body as well as general internal tension that results from our everyday living. The focus is on connective tissue which includes ligaments, tendons and fascia. These structures give shape to the body and run continuously through it. With habitual posture and any injury, a pattern forms in the connective tissue to adapt to it. The tissue feels denser there. Releasing the strain in these structures results in increased freedom of movement and more efficient exchange of nutrients and fluids in the tissues.

Ultimately, the main goal of Rolfing is alignment of the body where ‘things are stacked up on top of each other.” In such a state, we don't have to fight gravity and instead, we find balance and support from the bottom up.

Rolfing can help with:
• Scoliosis
• Sciatica
• Back Pain
• Headaches and Migraines
• Aging
• Shoulder Pain
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Shin Splints
• Kyphosis and Sheuermann’s disease
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Common aches and pains
• Pelvic Pain
• Arthritis
• Elbow Tendonitis
• Fibromyalgia
• TMJ
• Knee Pain
• Restless Leg Syndrome

“The rib work we did had a very powerful effect on me. I have opened up emotionally and have been able to cry (new for me) and grieve the things in my life that really need to be grieved. I feel like the floodgates have been opened and I have full access to my emotions again!  Two weeks later, that session continues to have a positive effect on me as well as on the way I experience the world. Thank you once again for your help!”  C.S., Los Alamos, NM

“Vera is a gifted and special practitioner. She is refreshingly different from most of the other practitioners I've seen--and I've seen many! She is a caring and attentive listener and possesses a unique and intuitive knowledge of the body and its workings. Her efforts transcend typical bodywork; I leave her office feeling better every time. Before I saw Vera, I felt great despair that my body would never be "back to normal" and that I would endure a lifetime of chronic pain. A serious injury and a progressive scoliosis had morphed my once athletic body into a source of immense frustration. After working with Vera for several months, I am very optimistic that I can feel ‘normal’ again and at ease in my body, and again be as athletic and flexible as I was once upon a time.” K.T., Albuquerque, NM