Allison Hubbard, Certified Rolfer

Amazing experience! I will go back again. Allison is welcoming and very informative. She talks you through the rolfing experience and always wants you to ask questions if you have any. I will be going back.

Whether you have an injury or not, you will not regret going to see Allison.
I started with the initial package of 10 sessions and now continue periodically
for maintenance. My husband is a marathon runner and finds Allison’s healing
wonderful. Cannot recommend her enough.

Allison Hubbard is one of the best bodyworkers I have found. I get a session monthly — partly to help with some chronic muscular tension and structural issues, and partly as a way of nurturing myself. I have visited many fine bodyworkers over the years. The results of Allison’s sessions stay with me longer than anyone else I have found.
She is a gifted, experienced and intuitive healer and a beautiful person.

Allison Hubbard has been my Rolfer for over 10 years. Her extraordinary skill has enabled me to move beyond pain and discomfort no other treatments have provided. I see her on an «as needed» bases now, coming in a couple or more times a year for tune ups! I highly recommend Allison for the professional that she is!

I was looking for a good Rolfer, as a suggestion from my massage therapist, and found Allison on Unilocal.I’m so glad I did! I have had 9 out of 10 sessions with her and I can honestly say I’ve seen a huge difference. My main issue was chronic hip and low back pain on my left side. Massage and chiropractic work only helped for a few days at a time whereas Allison’s work gives me relief for weeks at a time and is still improving all the time. The work doesn’t hurt like it is rumored. It more feels like deep tissue massage and is well worth it. Do yourself a favor and get some relief! Allison will help you!

I have been seeing Allison for more than 10 years. She is an amazing intuitive healer, as well as Rolfer. I always take my husband to Allison when he starts to bend over while walking. He comes out of his session standing up as straight as a soldier. We have both also experienced emotional healing from her Rolfing sessions.

Allison has been a god send to me over the years in helping me with body alignment and well being. We first meet 11 years ago and the quality of her work and knowledge of the body is very healing and effective.
I am very grateful for the continual work to keep me at my very best!
Allison is a delight as a healer, very intutive with her work, has wisdom and knowledge of the body and the perfect sense of humor.
When considering Rolfing Allison is the woman to call.
Mary Ellen M

I’d been struggling with lower back issues for a few years. I’d had an MRI and done 6 months of physical therapy. Nothing seemed to be helping. Doctors just shrugged their shoulders.
A coworker told me about rolfing and how it had helped his back. He’s a very non-​new-​agey kind of guy and someone that was as skeptical as I would be about ‘alternative’ treatments.
But I really didn’t know where else to turn. I was ready to try something else. When you’re desperate, you feel like an easy target.
I figured I would try 1 session… maybe 3, TOPS. What could the harm be? In the grand scheme, it’s a little bit of money for feeling better.
During my first appointment, when she was working away at my back/​butt/​hip muscles — places that had never been touched — I knew that progress was being made. Sure it’s uncomfortable at times to have your muscles dug into — but what a joy to have someone getting to the root of the issue.
Not all subsequent visits are as miraculous but they all work together to bring harmony to your aching body. It seems sort of obvious now that it would work for me.
Allison is knowledgeable, will tell you why and what. Her space is airy and pretty.
I just finished ⁸⁄₁₀. That, and eliminating heels from my wardrobe and I feel really good!

Allison is a fantastic healer. She made me comfortable from the moment I saw her. The cocoa butter she uses smells divine and is perfect for what she is doing. She spent a ton of time on my shoulders and neck, which I always feel is rushed with other practitioners.
Her new place is beautiful and simple.
I would give her 6 stars if possible.

I experienced chronic neck and shoulder pain that massage and chiropractic sessions did not resolve. I knew of Allison’s work from a close friend, who shared that Allison had resolved her severe back pain in minimal sessions. My ongoing treatment with Allison has been healing and stress-​releasing in noticeable ways. I especially admire her intuitive knowledge of the body’s connective muscles and tissues, as well as her easy conversational style and respect for my individual concerns. Allison’s skills as a Rolfer are tailored to each person she treats and are not some formula based or generic service. If you are in pain or simply want your body to move with all it’s natural grace and fluid capability, then Allison is the Rolfer for you.

Allison is a gifted, intuitive and very special practitioner. Although I have had experience with other rolfers, there is no one as beneficial and comprehensive in their approach like Allison. I don’t think I can describe it, but her touch is deep and healing, yet comforting and loving all at the same time. After having been treated by Allison my body feels capable of pursuing an athletic lifestyle and she keeps me in good, working order. I noticed that my posture has improved dramatically and my rounded shoulders were eased into a better, my aesthetic position and I gained an inch in my height! I have had the great good fortune to have found Allison and I recommend her highly.

Before I saw Allison, my chronic back pain frequently left me unable to move. That was 9 years ago. I have virtually no back pain whatsoever since my treatment by her, despite now being a marathon runner.
Aside from her manifest skill at rolfing, she is also a pleasure to be around; witty, wise and good humored. I can’t recommend her highly enough.

Ok! I don’t know why bodywork of this type is under «beauty and spas» and not «health and medical», but deep bodywork is what we’re talking about here. Allison currently works out of Plum Blossom, and they’re fine (like a mini boutique of stuff you have probably already seen at Whole Foods). But this review is for Allison, and her Rolfing skillz.
Yes, Rolfing. There’s a bunch of schools of bodywork, and Rolfing is another one of them. Wiki says the following about Rolfing: «Rolfing is a system of soft tissue manipulation, with the objective of realigning the body structurally and harmonizing its fundamental movement patterns in relation to gravity (see Structural Integration). Though the service mark Rolfing belongs to The Rolf Institute of Structural Integration, the term Rolfing is generally used to apply to a range of systems based on the teachings of Dr. Ida Pauline Rolf. Practitioners of Rolfing believe it to enhance vitality and well-​being, and claim that after sessions, many clients stand up straighter, gain in height, and that soft-​tissue bodily asymmetries tend to disappear. Rolfing is in some ways similar to deep tissue massage (see especially Myofascial Release), however, practitioners stress that Rolfing’s attention to the balance of the body in gravity sets the practice apart.»
Let’s concentrate on the deep tissue part. If you like deep tissue work, you will dig Allison. She has been doing this for years and knows her stuff. If you want a gentle mamby-​pamby touchy-​feelie this isn’t for you. If something feels all knotty in you, she pretty much knows how to unknot it. Are you going to stand straighter or gain in height? Who cares if you feel this good.