Who's been Rolfed? (famous figures)

The following famous people have undergone Rolfing:

Professional athletes

Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers coach says, “I’m the kind of person that likes to physically challenge myself. I think (Rolfing) is a valuable resource…for keeping myself together.”
Charles Barkley, former basketball star
Chris Carter, ex-Minnesota Viking football star
Qadry Ismail, Baltimore Ravens football star
The Phoenix Suns basketball team has players work with a Rolfer
Mario Lemieux, hockey legend
Bob Tewksbury, ex-pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
Ivan Lendl, former tennis champion
Craig Swan, former N.Y. Mets pitcher, and Certified Rolfer, whose career ended from a sports injury. “Bodywork can extend athletic careers,” says Swan. “I truly believe if I had received Rolfing in the early part of my career, I would still be pitching today.”
Bret Saberhagen, former Kansas City Royals Pitcher
Tom Seaver, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
Jeff Linder, competitive cyclist

Olympic athletes

Michelle Kwan, 2002 U.S. Olympic figure skater, 98 Olympic Silver Medallist
Elvis Stojko, 2002 Canadian Olympic figure skater, 98 Olympic Silver
Medallist says, “Rolfing helped me to find my center of balance for competition.”
Wendy Wagner, 2002 U.S. Olympic Nordic Ski team
Iginia Boccalandro, 2002 and ’98 Venezuelan Olympic luge team and Certified Rolfer
Ben Hindle, 2002 Canadian Olympic bobsleigh team
John Bauer, 2002, ’98 & ’92 U.S. Olympic Nordic Ski team, 8x National Champion
Sarah Will, five times U.S. Paralympic Gold Medal Skier, credits her gold medal to Rolfing. She says, “Rolfing increased my performance time 100%.”
Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, 2x Canadian Olympic bronze medal pairs figure skaters
Brian Orser, Olympic Silver Medallist and World Champion figure skater
Sharon Sander, ranked #2 on the U.S. Pentathlon team
Lance Deal, 2000 U.S. Olympic hammer thrower, 96 Olympic Silver Medal
Erin Aldrich, 2000 U.S .Olympic high jumper and 2x All-American
Joe Greene, 1996 U.S. Olympic Bronze Medal winner of the long jump, now training to win the Olympic gold medal, says “Rolfing has made a huge difference.”
Kristen Ulmer, former World Champion Extreme skier
John Egan, world renowned Extreme skier
Mickey Egan, Rumanian Olympic Skier
Grant Ernhardt, a U.S. Biathlon team member, 2002 Olympic hopeful

Other Celebrities

Leon Fleisher, virtuoso concert pianist
Levar Burton, actor (Reading Rainbow, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Sean Young, who has starred in the movies “Bladerunner”, “No Way Out”, “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”, “Wall Street”, “Fatal Instinct”, “Once Upon a Crime”, and a few dozen others receives Rolfing”®” from Certified Rolfer Bob Brill.
Willie Nelson, songwriter: “My wife recommended (Rolfing) highly”, says Willie Nelson, “…The first of ten sessions fixed (my back pain),” reported the New York Times, on Feb. 23, 1995.
Sam Keen, best-selling writer, is a former Psychology Today editor and co-producer of award winning PBS documentary “Faces Of The Enemy”.
Courtney Love, actress/singer
Denis Leary, actor/comedian
Diane Ladd, actress
Georgia O’Keefe, artist
Miro, modern artist
Fritz Perl, psychotherapist
Mary Elizabeth Mastontonio, Broadway/movie actress
Maria Benitez, Flamenco Dancer
Steve Turre, jazz trombonist

Who’s been Rolfed? (famous figures)