Rolfing With Brooke

Do yourself a favor and get Rolfed by Brooke. I have a rod and 12 screws in my back resulting from herniated disc (2 surgeries) and I take both Lyrica and percocet for pain relief. I’ve done a LOT of physical therapy which gave me a good base for this but Rolfing has produced more dramatic results more quickly and easily. I started the 10 session with a visible hump in my back and more pain than I wanted to handle. I finished the 10 session with an almost straight back and having cut down my Lyrica dose by ¹⁄₃. Because my problems are severe, I am continuing a pain management set of sessions with Brook and continuing to see results. I am now working on cutting percocet down by 25%, and expect to continue to improve now that my posture is roughly correct and I can build muscle more easily in the right places to provide support to my spine.
Brooke is lovely, sweet, kind, intelligent, serious and is a truly holistic practitioner, combining scientific understanding of the minute details of the body with an intuitive grasp of the mind’s effects on those specific parts. Her voice is soothing and I have fallen into a trance in a couple of sessions, which is lovely. Rolfing does not hurt, as you might think, it is actually very gentle touch most of the time. Since it’s your body, you do need to be able to talk about the way it feels and take advice on home work. Brooke is easy to collaborate with in this way. She inspires me to learn more about my body’s response to its environment and improve my function. Highly recommended, especially if you have a problem that physical therapy has not been able to solve.
This is worth every cent, although it is not an inexpensive massage, it is far more productive and lasting.

I have received treatments from Brooke for the last year and can’t say enough about how much the work has impacted my life. I play competitive rugby and touch rugby and suffered a rotator cuff tear and avulsion fracture in my ankle about 9 months ago. I had 6 months to be ready to compete in the touch rugby world cup from the time of injury. I saw Brooke weekly in the last few months leading up to World Cup saw really great results. She takes a full body approach and really looks at the whole picture. The treatment of my shoulder injury especially was a huge part of why I was able to make it to World Cup. Brooke rocks, and has opened up my routine to include Rolfing as part of regular injury prevention and treatment. I highly recommend seeing her!

Almost a year ago, I got in a bike accident that left me with gnarly bursitis in my hip. The usual treatments I seek didn’t cut it this time. That is when I found Brooke’s rolfing practice. It has been just the therapy I needed. After being very comfortable in my body again for about a week, I took a tumble on a slippery deck, again bashing my hip, and also mashing my shoulder this time. I contacted Brooke and, luckily, so luckily, she got me in that afternoon. Soon I was back on my feet dancing at one of my best friends wedding for hours without any discomfort!
I feel so very grateful for Brooke and her healing abilities. I cannot take for granted how wonderful it feels to dance all night or take my dog on a 3 mile walk through Portland. I am able to do the things that bring me joy without suffering. Believe me, you don’t have to live is pain. And the treatments have elevated my emotional well-​being too. Not going around in pain will do wonders for one’s spirit!

Brooke is exceptionally intelligent, kind, and tuned in to me as a patient. She experiences the body as an entire system, and uses her skills and deep knowledge in her treatments. She has helped me so much with my chronic back and neck pain; not only through her sessions, but through teaching me to understand my body more. I consider Brooke a body whisperer and I can’t recommend her sessions highly enough.

Brooke saved my visit to Portland! I was in town for a long weekend and had lots of things I wanted to do – which meant a lot of walking — but my foot was killing me! I think I messed it up with a new pair of boots that had been pressing funny on the top of my foot and it was hurting to walk at all :(. I don’t know how she did it but Brooke was able to feel where there was a problem and do some work on my foot in less than an hour that helped tremendously! Like I said — she totally saved my trip :). If I lived there I would definitely get a ten-​series for some of my back problems from hunching over my computer all day. I was not very familiar with Rolfing before but I totally get it after this! Brooke really understands the body and how to help it work and feel better.

From my first impromptu treatment with Brooke, a certain craving was born, and I knew instantly that she had something special. She really cares about her work, her patients as well as her education and craft. As a physical therapist, I work with a lot of patients with chronic pain, and can whole-​heartedly endorse her skills, as we have co-​treated patients with outstanding results. Rolfing is a very thorough kind of bodywork, which necessitates more personal and health history disclosure. Brook is a total professional, though and she made me feel at ease from the beginning. My patients have all loved her. So far all have agreed that she has helped them a great deal and that the treatment was totally worth it as a life-​changing investment. If you are interested in moving beyond massage and trying Rolfing, I can highly recommend Brooke.