Rolfing is a therapy system created by the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration (also referred to as "RISI"), founded by Ida PaulineRolf in 1971. The Institute states that Rolfing is a "holistic system of soft tissue manipulation and movement education that organize(s) the whole body in gravity". Rolfing is essentially identical to Structural Integration, whereby manipulation of the muscle fasciae is believed to yield therapeutic benefits, including that clients stand straighter, gain height and move better, through the correction of soft tissue fixations or dystonia.