About Andrew Brown

Andrew is a Birmingham native, and his parents were both Physical Therapists.  While completing an undergraduate degree at UAB, Andrew received the Rolfing series in 2002 with Dr. Chuck Whetsell, Rolfing practitioner since 1981, to help with his posture and history of back pain.  He was profoundly affected by it, and decided that he wanted to be able to give that experience to others by pursuing Rolfing as a career. Andrew decided to forgo graduate school and moved to Boulder, Colorado to attend the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute of Structural Integration. After completing the training, he came back to Birmingham in October of 2005 and formed a practice, and continued a mentorship with Dr. Whetsell.

Starting in 2009, Andrew began working with several professional athletes in the NFL. In more recent years Andrew has been traveling around the country working with players from the NBA, including giving sessions to athletes at the highest levels of the NBA. He and his wife Lauren have also received specific mentorships for this application of Rolfing for the Professional Athlete through Wayne and Sandy Henningsgaard, who have worked with players in both leagues since the early 1990s and continue doing so. This mentorship includes 4-handed technique training for working with athletes at this level, formatting sessions in this unique context, and specific training for addressing joint issues in these athletes. Rolfing SI has been utilized by athletes in many professional sports for decades and continues to overcome barriers to recognition in professional sports due to medical establishments in these domains. Rolfing SI adds a valuable element to the overall package of treatment, maintenance, and prevention available to these athletes and the approach works synergistically alongside the approaches commonly utilized by these teams, helping to complete the treatment package. For athlete endorsements see Rolfing For the Professional Athlete.

In 2012 Andrew joined together with several colleagues in the manual and movement therapy field, including his wife, Lauren Brown.  Together they created the group Embody Manual and Movement Therapy, a collective of practitioners in related disciplines. Visit our page at www.EmbodyBirmingham.com.

Andrew also became a MovNat® Certified Trainer (Level 2) in the summer of 2015, and is also teaching movement to both his clients and the public. Visit his natural movement training page at www.OrganicMovementBirmingham.com.