A number of professional athletes and other celebrities have already discovered the benefits that can be derived from the Rolfing experience. If Rolfing can help these people who have made a career of fine-tuning their bodies for optimal performance, imagine what it can accomplish for ordinary aches and pains!

Professional sports

• 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 careerended 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
• 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