WHaT is Structural Integration?
The RHS Series
Over the last couple of years, I have strived to learned different techniques and modalities to best bring clients to a state of resilience and available workspace to allow them as few restrictions as possible to take part in whatever activity they choose to do.
In this regard, I have started to build my own version of the series where I try to incorporate the a vision of the recipe taught to me in my particular structural integration training but also implement those techniques and modalities that I have gained from the Functional Range System. The end result is a different series with a focus on the whole body through the lens of availability in particular joints of the body. It is the hope that with complete series there will be an overhaul of the general system much like there was in the original 11 session series I have been doing but will now also give clients the tools to continue the work in the sessions through training with Functional Range Conditioning and Kinstretch.
RHS Series breakdown
Pre-Series Functional Range Assessment:
The FRA is a 90 minute session that take the client through a full body assessment with table test and range of motion assessment through Controlled Articular Rotations(CARs) for each of the major joints of the body. The assessment is filmed and a personalized link to the session can be viewed at the clients leisure complete with analysis of areas of note. If done before the start of the series this can let me know what particular areas may need a little more focus on throughout the series.
Session 1-7:
These session will mainly focus on trying to open up workspace and availability in the joints of the body starting from the feet working are way up the body session by session. While each session has a particular goal there will be enough time in most cases to work on areas of particular importance to the client.
Session 8-10 and Arms Session:
With the body hopefully in a greater state of available workspace the next 3 sessions will start to encompass some more focused work on any areas that may need some extra attention as well a one on one introduction to the FRC and Kinstretch movement/joint training practice to continue to the work once the series has been complete.
Structural Integration options
For a while now my Structural Integration sessions have been 2Hrs as I felt this gave me enough time for the bodywork and the educational portions.
I have now begun to offer folks different options to be able to go through the series. As with most things the more time I have the better I would be able to do the most complete work possible, but it is my hope by providing these other options will give folks a little more access to be able to go through the series.
SI : 90 min appointment
This session will give access to the main goals of each particular session. After each session you will be sent a Post -Session Work Video to go over the areas that were worked and some strategies to continue to keep those areas more resilient.
SI: 120 min appointment
My standard treatment allows enough time for the complete goals of each particular session as well as enough time to look at possible areas of concern for more chronic issues. After each session you will be sent a Post -Session Work Video to go over the areas that were worked and some strategies to continue to keep those areas more resilient.
Check out the patreon link below for monthly membership options that can be done with each type of option.
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Testimonial:
The new RHS series I have just completed with Carlos Cruz has my body feeling healthier and more aligned than it has in a long time. After this series, I have significantly less pain, more awareness of how my body is operating, and I feel more equipped with proper ways to train my body and stay safe moving forward.
The first few sessions we did felt like the previous series I completed with Carlos, but they were paired with some mobility homework. Doing the mobility at home really helped me feel that the work Carlos did on my body was “saved” for longer. As someone with scoliosis who also has a deep desire to move and exercise, I had a pattern of receiving treatment for my body, but it was always only a matter of time before I was in discomfort and pain and needed treatment again. Once I started incorporating the mobility in with Carlos’s bodywork, I have much longer lasting results from the relief Carlos gives me.
After a few sessions, my spine was in significantly less pain, so we started to focus in on training functional mobility with the window of time we had after my bodywork. THIS is really when I felt things start to turn over and THIS kind of training made me a type of sore I don’t think I had ever really experienced in 30 years of being an athlete. I was so used to feeling the type of soreness from doing hard workouts or moving weight. The first day after we properly trained parts of my lower half, I FELT as if I had lifted heavy, yet my back wasn’t angry at me and I was not stiff.
Seven weeks down the road, I am astonished by the amount of control I have with parts of my body I didn’t even realize were “sleeping.”
Doing my mobility homework and visiting Carlos consistently, I gained something I did not even know was within my reach, but something I absolutely needed. I went from having a “bad back day” every day, to being able to work out 5-6 days a week with limited amount of pain. As I aged with scoliosis, I never expected to see a day where I could work out MORE but have LESS pain. With Carlos’s expertise and guidance, it turns out I can
-Kelsey Walsh
