Client Exper’s
His ability to effect significant change in short order is, to say the least, impressive. I highly recommend Owen to anyone.
Ed Morler, Ph.D.
President of Morler Associates, Inc., Sonoma, California
As a physician who works with patients who present with chronic, recurrent pain problems such as arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome and others, I found his work helpful personally and professionally. I recommend Owen without reservation.
Richard Kirk, M.D.
Board Certified in Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Sonoma, California
It is difficult to adequately express the importance of this discovery in my daily life. I know now to relax, to allow my breath and my own thoughts to assist me in achieving maximum health and a life free of pain….more Chris Buffalo Bricca Business professional and human rights organizer,San Francisco, CA
Brett Wilcox, Sandpoint, ID
After neck surgery and therapy, it was only Rolfing that healed my neck.
Paul Sugar
President of Family Dental Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
Owen Marcus is the Rolfer’s Rolfer. His techniques and skills are the best. He has treated me for five years and literally has changed my life. I recommend him to anyone.
Bruce H. Shelton, M.D., MD(h)DiHOM
Board Certified in Family Practice
President of Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners, Phoenix, Arizona
After an automobile accident, I had a tremendous amount of pain in my neck and back. Medication and chiropractic sessions were not handling the problem. After one session with Owen, I immediately felt relief.
Amelia L. Behm
Office Manager, Sonoma, CA
San Francisco Giants Turn To Rolfing for Relief “Last season, the San Francisco Giants were plagued by injuries. This spring, . . . Mike LaCross, Joe Price, Atlee Hammaker, Mike Krukow, Kelly Downs, Donell Nixon, Terry Kennedy, Will Clark, Robby Thompson. Club president Al Rosen, manager Roger Craig [and others] have been clients.”
- An excerpt from an article about Owen in The Phoenix Gazette, March 31, 1989
I have problems with my neck. Last year [1989] I got Rolfed one time, and I didn’t have a problem the whole year.
Mark LaCross
San Francisco Giants pitcher
Years of sporting activities, injuries and a stressful career were having an impact on my physical mobility. Rolfing helped bring my body structure back into alignment while giving me back my flexibility.
Eric Zimmerman
Business Owner, Sandpoint, ID
I love massage, but was always looking for someone to “get in there.” I heard that Rolfing hurt, but went beyond massage to get the tighter areas to let go. To my surprise, Rolfing didn’t really hurt. There was less pain than many massages, yet more change. I’m now hooked on Rolfing.
D.S.
WA
Injuries from a motorcycle accident more than 30 years ago and a great deal of stress made whole body tight to the point that walking was painful. After being Rolfed by Owen, who also taught a new way of walking, I can walk and hike without pain, and my whole body is more relaxed.
Kevin Watson
Sandpoint, ID
I first saw Owen Marcus in 1990 at his office in Scottsdale, AZ. The improvements/changes to my body are very apparent, not only to myself, but to others. My Wife and I have continued to travel close to 1,000 miles 2-3 times a year for Owen to give us a tune up. It is worth the time and effort. I would highly recommend Owen Marcus.
Greg (and Florence) Hatch
Chandler, AZ
Owen unlocked my tight body so I can access more of myself. I didn’t know how badly I needed Rolfing until after I started. I am now less prone to injury, more able to relax – more connected to myself.
Michael Welp, Ph.D.
Organizational Consultant
Sandpoint, ID
Rolfing helped me regain my balance physically, as well as mentally, after multiple foot and ankle surgeries. The psychological impact of losing my active lifestyle was equally as bad as losing the physical activity because of pain and imbalance. As a consequence of Rolfing, a lifetime of stress melted away, as Owen helped restore my balance and stamina.
Kim Mercer
Technology Sales Executive
Sandpoint, ID
Chronic hip pain was making it difficult to ski and play other sports. Owen’s Rolfing enabled me to get back in shape.
Frank Duffy
Director of Business Development, Price Meadows Inc.
Spokane, WA
For the first 40 years of my life I was physically able to run fast, jump, and do any lifting that I needed to do. I must say that I have often accomplished the latter activity in particular with a fair amount of unconsciousness over the years. Since I was thirty, I have been a teacher in a private school system, but still active as a gardener and a landscaper at home, and professionally. Once I started experiencing pain I took greater care in how I moved, went to various kinds of chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage therapists and movement specialists. I knew about Rolfing but did not try it until I was about 50. By then I was generally in constant pain and my movement was limited by two herniated lumbar discs and sciatica. I finally chose to be Rolfed on a regular basis for a while by Owen Marcus, which I continue today, three years later, on a periodic basis. I feel twenty years younger, and am able to do many of the activities that I love to do, especially in the garden. I have sometimes surprised myself as to what I am actually able to physically accomplish. Through Rolfing I deepened my understanding of how the emotions affect the physical body. Besides being able to move without pain, I have more energy, strength and move differently. My experience of being Rolfed has been an integral part of a new experience of life and an approach to it that I feel is positive and invigorating. I am extremely grateful for the experience.
Michael Pinchera
Sandpoint, ID
Rolfing sessions with Owen were and continue to be the catalyst for the healing of my body. more
Antoinette
Professional musician and vocalist
Laguna, CA
Owen’s techniques and skills are individually tailored to treat a variety of disorders. He offers excellent therapeutic manipulations, exercises and advice that make a noticeable difference. I cannot recommend Rolfing with Owen’s abilities enough. He is a wonderful community resource who provides outstanding services for chronic health difficulties.
Marta Katana
School District Administrator
Sandpoint, ID
Owen, through Rolfing, helped me recover from a 10-year dance with
chronic pain, the result of multiple abdominal surgeries and intestinal
dysfunction. I had tried numerous other Western medical and alternative
therapies and none ever approached the lasting effectiveness of
Rolfing. It felt like blood flowed again to muscles that usually just
ached. I have wholeheartedly recommended Owen as an expert and caring
practitioner to many of my friends.
Jean Gerth
Sandpoint, ID
Please note: These comments from clients are their experiences. Every client comes in with his or her unique issues derived from many chronic causes. For some Rolfing may not be the best treatment, for others it is. If I am not helping you, it doesn’t serve you nor does it serve my reputation for delivering results. Let these comments by clients provide you with a sense of what is possible.
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A good friend recommended I try Rolfing, and I was skeptical at first. Even be frightened of what I might experience, I found Owen an amazing individual and easy to connect with. He didn’t lie to me that rolfing would hurt – it does at first – but there’s great reason behind it. Being the world’s biggest wimp, I survived just fine, and learned a lot in the process.
Rolfing helped me understand what I never knew (and used to mock), that there is a very powerful link between body and mind. I am in the process of connecting my mind and body, after having little connection my entire life (I’m in my mid-30’s). I was surprised to find how much emotion is stored inside my body, and how much I’ve stuffed my anger, my fear, my stress, and my pain. Rolfing has been a key ingredient to releasing my inner turmoil in an outward way. I am thankful for the experience.
One of the more shocking experiences I had was when Owen was working on my ribs. I have always been sensitive to anyone touching my rib cage, and I even have been careful sleeping on my side for some fear that I might crush my ribs. Silly in my judgment. One day on the table Owen gently pressed on my rib cage, and I rolled into a ball sobbing and babbling like a baby. For 10 or 15 minutes I cried my eyes out, experiencing some unknown and utter fear of something. I don’t know what that fear was, but it was something I had stuffed for years – in my ribs no less.
After this bizarre experience, I no longer cringe when my ribs are at risk of being pushed. This is not something I would have signed up for had I known before hand – and anecdotal stories Owen has shared with me about Rolfing show that many people have many different reactions to Rolfing, but the outcome is always a more real and powerful life.
I recommend Owen to anyone interested in self-help and living a better life. The benefits are sometimes hard to quantify in tangible ways, but it’s the heart that knows the truth of the value of the experience.
Mark Rockwell
It seems my whole life i had been living with tension in my body, constantly feeling “wound tight” physically and emotionally. Even though it didn’t seem right, I chose to accept it as a part of me, my make up that i had to just “deal with”.
I would do meditation, relaxation exercise, dance,emotional counseling, acupuncture, on and on…. l… but my body would hardly ever truly relax. I call this pain ,which can be incredibly hard to describe or pinpoint. Its the sense that every day something in my body would hurt and ache, causing consistent frustration . Even things that i really loved to do stopped feeling good. This is when i chose to see Owen.
NOW!!….after receiving the rolfing treatments in little over a month,
i literally feel saved and grateful to tears .
I am experiencing shifts in my body consistently. i can relax with less effort. I have a significant amount more flexiblity…. with less effort. When i walk I can feel my thighs hang naturally, my belly and chest are softening which allow me to breath more fully and release tension.
I not only feel great and notice my body re-organizing but i feel
way less “gripped” in my spirit. This was such an important piece.
Owen was able to help me acknowledge the whole picture and walk
away with body insight as well as life tricks. thank you Owen. We
need more people like you!!.
Hallie