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Reflexology
introduction
Reflexology (sometimes referred to as zone therapy) is a therapy wherein
the nerve endings primarily within the feet are stimulated by specific
therapeutic massage methods to impact modifications in one other part of
the body and in this manner create health and help overcome disease.
Although
there's scriptural evidence to recommend that reflexology was being
practiced way back to ancient Egypt, the science of reflexology used at
this time was based by Dr William Fitzgerald, an American ear nostril
and throat doctor. He observed that pressure on particular areas of the
physique produced a anaesthetizing effect on a associated area. Creating
his principle, he divided the physique into ten equal zones which ended
in the ft and hands.
Within
the 1930's a therapeutic massage therapist known as Eunice Ingham
refined Dr Fitzgerald's zones and developed what is now often known as
'reflexology'. She noticed that congestion or stress in any a part of
the foot mirrored congestion or rigidity in a related part of the body.
Subsequently, treating the areas of the feet might have a soothing and
healing impact on totally different organs and tissues inside the body.
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