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The Rise of Physical Therapy: A History in Footsteps

By Abdul Rahim Shaik and Arakkal Maniyat Shemjaz — 2014

Physical therapy originated as a professional group that dated back to Per Henrik Ling, who is known as the "father of Swedish gymnastics." He founded the royal Central Institute of Gymnastics in the year 1813 for massage, manipulation and exercise.

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Lessons from the Life of Marion Rosen

Lessons from the life of Marion Rosen. A short documentary based on interviews that Roger Dackegaard did with Marion Rosen in Berkeley 2009.

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Marion Rosen
2017
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Marion Rosen April 1991 Interview

"Talking with Marion" interview by Paula Kimbro

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Marion Rosen
2014
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The Rosen Method of Movement

While working as a physical therapist in Oakland, California, in the 1950s, Marion Rosen was asked by several clients how they could prevent aches and pains and avoid physical therapy treatments. This question inspired Rosen to begin teaching movement classes in 1956.

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Marion Rosen, Susan Brenner
1993
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Rosen Method Bodywork: Accessing the Unconscious through Touch

In this long-awaited description of the body-centered therapy developed by Marion Rosen, the reader begins to understand how emotional and physical ailments can be addressed through the gentle touch of the Rosen practitioner.

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Marion Rosen, Susan Brenner
2003
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Rolfing®: For Healing and High Performance

Dr. Ida P. Rolf Ph.D., dedicated her life to the development of a systematic approach to improving human structure and well-being.

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The Rolf Institute
2025
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Ida Rolf Talks About Rolfing and Physical Reality

This 1978 book is intended as the "feelingful" companion to a more technical and rigorous earlier didactic volume, Rolfing: The Integration of Human Structures. The book is also a memoir of the early history and days of Esalen into its heydays in the 1970s.

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Ida Rolf
1978
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Rolfing and Physical Reality

A warm and wise self-portrait of the woman who originated the therapy that bears her name.

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Ida Rolf
1990
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Illness and Injury