"Rolfing seeks to enhance function by changing structure. As Rolfers, we see that bones are held in place by soft tissue -- muscles, ligaments, tendons, etc. If a muscle is chronically short, it will pull the attached bone out of balance. Repositioning the bone is not enough; the individual muscle and allied tissue must be lengthened if the change is to be permanent. In addition, when one part is in trouble, when one part is in trouble, the body as a whole gets out of balance." 
Dr. Ida P. Rolf PhD

reader's comments: As a Practitioner of Rolf's Structural Integration, I love this quote as it makes very clear and simple that the bones are passive to the soft tissue. Later in this chapter of her book, "Rolfing and Physical Reality", Dr. Rolf explains that soft muscle tissue is in fact passive to the fascia connective tissue. This explanation of fascia governing the organization and balance of bones and muscles is how I like to explain the difference between Structural Integration work and Massage Therapy (muscle release therapy) or Chiropractic (skeletal manipulation). It is easy to see why fascia reordering is so lasting when reading her explanations of fascia being the "organ of support and organ of shape". 

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