Vera Povolna is a Rolfing practitioner with offices in Albuquerque, Los Alamos and Santa Fe, NM. Rolfing, also known as Structural Integration, is a manual therapy that addresses specific chronic tensions in the body. 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 goals 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.

Vera specializes in postural issues that manifest as tightness and pain of the back and/or shoulders.

NEW! Article in the Local iQ Magazine on 6/24/2010 about Rolfing and Vera’s practice.

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

“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