As an adult with severe scoliosis (50 degrees), I experience limitations in range of movement and even numbness on a regular basis. Under Susan’s care, my flexibility has increased greatly and my numbness has decreased by at least 60%. She’s a gifted healer who carefully listens to her patients and crafts a recovery/maintenance program based on their individual needs. If conventional therapies haven’t work for you, I urge you to give Susan a call.
— Ana Ferrus-Garcia, Educator, Oakland, CA
As an Ironman Athlete, I have very high demands for my body. Structural Integration with Susan has allowed my body to flow synergistically creating integration, higher energy flow & performance The work has lengthened my muscles. I feel younger. Susan is the best therapist I’ve ever experienced.
— Rip Oldmeadow, Professional Ironman Athlete, V. President, Core Strength Fitness for Body and Spirit, Personal Fitness Trainer, Kona, HI
I find I am able to use my body so much more effectively after Susan’s work — long-standing aches and pains are gone, my flexibility and range of motion have increased, and I find I get less physically fatigued during the day. Susan has so many tools at her disposal that there no pain or discomfort, and she is able to tailor every session to my individual needs. If I’d known all of this could happen with structural integration, I would have done it years ago!
— Dr. Tara Levy, ND, Tara Natural Medicine
I had been in pain for thirteen years. I was no longer able to play tennis due to severe back pain and a asymmetrical pelvis. I went through Structural Integration with Susan and I am so thankful. My life is totally transformed. I am no longer in pain and I’m playing tennis again.
— Theo Schwartz, Artist and Teacher, Oakland, CA
I have had scoliosis since I was a child. In recent years it has caused me increasing pain despite every effort I have made to manage it. I tried yoga, stretching, weight training under the care of a physical therapist. Despite all these actions my level of discomfort continued to increase. After the birth of my daughter, the symptoms increased. I found Susan by serendipity. Her treatments have been instrumental in reducing the curvature of my spine and decreasing pain. Significant recovery is now an attainable goal. I have referred my doctor and trainer to her.
— Julia Pazzi, Educator, Oakland, CA
I suffered from severe scoliosis and have had all sorts of different modalities of bodywork throughout the years. I first started working with Susan two years ago with ten rolfing sessions and have since gone back for touch ups. Susan’s work has significantly reduced my back pain and has improved my overall body mechanics. She is a pleasure to work with and has been very accommodating with my erratic schedule. I have referred her to many of my friends and would recommend her to anyone in need of bodywork as she is amazingly skilled in multiple modalities and has an excellent understanding of the body.
— Dr. Allison Mulcahy, MD, Oakland, CA
I was involved in a major auto accident as a 19 year old. I had six lumbar breaks and received a fusion in my lower back with titanium rods. Since I began Structural Integration work with Susan, I have felt enormous changes in my body. I wake up feeling better, move more effortlessly, and am physically more relaxed and centered. Structural Integration is the best treatment I have found for the trauma I’ve been through. I only wish I had started five years earlier.
— Ryan Young, Boulder, Colorado
Susan is a natural born healer. I had shoulder pain from an old football injury. As time passed, it had increased to the point that I thought surgery was inevitable. I underwent the 10 session structural integration series with special attention paid to the injured shoulder. My pain was essentially completely relieved. On the average day, I am not aware of any significant disability in function of the shoulder. I consider this result nothing short of miraculous.
— R. Clements, M.D., Emergency Physician-Oakland, CA
Susan Solari is a gifted bodyworker. I not only felt her magical hands reshaping my body, but I experienced her expertise in analyzing where I needed more focus and just how to get into those places, at just the right pressures for me to simultaneously meet and melt from the inside. I could feel (and see in the mirror) the difference before and after the session, especially in the freedom and postural positioning of my legs and pelvis which had been tight and restricted.
— Susan Koenig, Nationally Certified Massage Therapist, Certified Hanna Somatic Educator
