1. How Does Reflexology Work?
How Does Reflexology Work? Reflexology, in common with other complementary therapies, is trying to gain scientific credibility in order to be accepted by the mainstream medical profession. Part of this process involves explaining how Reflexology works. Listed below are some of the common theories of how Reflexology works. Many of ...
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2. History of Ear Reflexology
History of Ear Reflexology China Acupuncture and acupressure are two of the most ancient methods of healing currently in use. The Nei Ching or Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine is the earliest known text on acupuncture. It is believed to have been written during the reign of Emperor Huang ...
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3. History of Foot and Hand Reflexology
Foot Reflexology or the firm but gentle manipulation of reflex points or areas in both feet, has been passed on from generation to generation for centuries. When humans first placed their feet on the earth's surface, they were naturally stimulated by walking and running over the uneven ground, but the ...
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4. Choosing a Reflexology Education
So you've decided to pursue Reflexology on a more formal basis, perhaps to begin a new career or maybe you want to follow a part-time vocation of helping others to better health. At this point you're asking yourself, "Where do I start to get education which will prepare me for ...
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5. Thinking of a Career in Reflexology?
Reflexologists are working on movie sets, doctors offices, sports facilities, with professional sports teams (ice hockey, football etc) care homes, seniors lodges, clinics, gyms and even on luxury liners Businesses are increasingly using reflexology to help cope with the effects of stress. Opportunities for Reflexologists are opening up at a ...
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6. Zone Therapy
Reflexology as we now know it in the West has its origins in the study of zone therapy. Zone therapy is based on there being longitudinal lines of energy running up through the body from the feet to the brain, and from the hands to the brain. The development of ...
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7. The Secrets of Building a Successful...
Some perceive the full-time professional Reflexologist to be a rare species. Considering that almost all Reflexologists are entrepreneurs and that 70% of entrepreneurs fail, this is hardly surprising. However, the full-time professional Reflexologists who survive the rigors of launching a business in the field do so because of Reflexology skill, ...
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8. The Effects of Reflexolgy on Labour Outcome
By Dr. Gowri Motha and Dr. Jane McGrath, Forest Gate, London  Thirty-seven of 64 pregnant women, who were offered free reflexology, completed the set course of ten treatments. The effects of reflexology on labor outcomes were perceived as outstanding. Some had labor times of only 2 hours, some 3 hours. ...
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9. Reflexology - An Evolving Science
Reflexology - An Evolving Science The science and artful application of Reflexology is moving forward and ever changing. There are a host of Reflexologists all over the world with many, many years of experience finding new and exciting ways of working with the reflexes of the body. Eunice Ingham who ...
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10. Reflexology in the Workplace
Research Studies of the Benefits of Employing Reflexology in the Workplace STAFF STUDY SEEN WITHIN WORCESTER HOSPITALS. By Anne Jordan, First European Conference. Twenty-eight subjects (22 females & 6 males, aged 22 to 66 years) were reported on in this study. Subjects received one 40-minute reflexology session per week for ...
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11. Reflexology & Kidney Stones
A few years ago, researchers at Glostrop hospital, Copenhagen, demonstrated that reflexology can help relieve the acute pain suffered by patients with kidney stones. 30 patients participated in the study and were divided equally into three groups: one group received reflexology treatment, one group received placebo treatment and the remaining ...
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12. Understanding Holographic Principles
One common way of explaining How Reflexology Works is based on holograms. So what is a hologram and how does it work?
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13. Foot Reflexo-massage & Infantile Bronchial Asthma
By Duanmu Hui-xian. Health Centre for Women and Children, Haimen, Jiangsu Province. Forty-five patients in the out patient clinic, aged 5 months to 7 years (mean age = 3.8 years), with 25 boys and 20 girls. The range of the course of the disease bronchial asthma was 3 to 63 ...
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14. Reflexology Used for Cancer Patients
Ten minute reflexology treatments can provide relief from pain, nausea and anxiety, according to a report from the School of Nursing, Division of Science and Design, University of Canberra
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15. Premenstrual Symptoms
Randomized Controlled Study of Premenstrual Symptoms Treated with Ear, Hand and Foot Reflexology By Terry Oleson PhD and William Flocco, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 82, No. 6, December 1993 This study was designed to determine whether reflexology treatment can significantly reduce premenstrual symptoms compared to a placebo ...
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16. Reflexology Helps Increase Renal Blood Flow
Researchers in Austria studied the effects of reflexology upon renal blood flow. 32 healthy young adults (17 women, 15 men) participated in a placebo-controlled, double blind trial. The treatment group received reflexology at zones corresponding to the right kidney. The placebo group received treatment on other foot zones. The blood ...
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17. Foot Reflexo-therapy for Gynecological Diseases
By Hui Song, Senior Doctor, Nanjing Obstetrical and Gynecological Hospital Fifty patients, aged 20 to 51 years, diagnosed with gynecological diseases including dysmenorrhea, hysteromyoma, pelvic inflammation, cyst and mass, endometriosis, menstrual disorder, infertility and chocolate cyst, were treated with foot Reflexotherapy on each or every other day, 10 sessions: one ...
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18. The Differences Between Reflexology and Massage
Some people confuse Reflexology with massage, but they are two different modalities--each with its own strengths. Both, like many other therapies, such as chiropractics, osteopathy, and other somatic practices, involve the use of the hands to apply their techniques. The aim with both Reflexology and massage is to enhance the ...
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19. Reflexology & Male Sexual Dysfunction
The Comparison of Curative Effects between foot reflexology and Chinese traditional medicine in treating 37 cases with Male Sexual Dysfunction By Sun Jianhua, Health station of Qianjin Clothing Factory, Shanghai Thirty-seven men (aged 22 - 50 years) with sexual dysfunction (course of disease ranged from 3 months to 4years) were ...
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20. Has Reflexology an Effect on Infertility?
By Leila Ericksen, FDZ Research Committee, Denmark To determine the effect of reflexology on infertility 108 women under 35 years with no previous children, and that had attempted to become pregnant for more than two years were selected from 260 applicants. Forty-seven of the 108 withdrew. The remaining 61 women ...
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21. Self-care for Reflexologists
To be a successful, professional Reflexologists takes time, care and attention. This self-care starts first with the Reflexologist. Only when you are fresh and balanced can you offer effective Reflexology treatments. Here are some tips and advice that we hope you will find useful.
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22. Unique Characteristics...
Though Reflexology and Massage have "touch" in common, there are several differences between the two disciplines
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23. Easier Births using Reflexology
By Gabriella Bering Liisberg, "Tidsskrift for Jordemodre", No. 3, 1989. Of 593 women who gave birth at Gentofte county hospital in 1988, 103 chose reflexology as an alternative to both pain killing drugs and to labor stimulating and inducing drugs. Of sixty-eight women who chose reflexology with no analgesic drugs, ...
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24. Why are Reflexology Charts Different?
One of the most common questions we are asked is why are there so many different Reflexology charts, and which one is the correct one. Most charts are based on reiteration or a mirror image of the body. Zones are used to divide the body into ten segments. A grid ...
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25. Reflexology and the Prostate
By Bauneholm School of Reflexology, Denmark Forty-six participants, (14 aged 40 - 60, 32 aged 60 - 90), received thirteen foot reflexology treatments. Results showed that thirty participants (65%) experienced a reduction in their need to urinate, thirty-one participants (67%) experienced a better bladder pressure, thirty-seven (80%) experienced reduced sexual ...
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26. Applying the Holographic Principle
At a highly symbolic level, the holographic principle that "every piece contains the whole" can be seen in the cellular structure of all living bodies. Scientific discoveries in the world of cellular biology, have demonstrated that every cell contains a copy of the master DNA blueprint,
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27. Reflexology Research into enuresis nocturnae (Bedwetting)
By Krogsgaard, Dorte; Poulsen, Edith; Kyhl, Torben; Bo Lund, Jens; and, Eriksen, Leila. Twenty children, aged 5 - 10 years, who had a minimum of 3 night time bed wettings per week were treated with foot reflexology alone. Thirty-minute treatments were administered twice weekly for four weeks (with a minimum ...
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28. Ulster Experts Research Relief for MS
Leading Ulster scientists are investigating the possibility of reflexology easing the pain for multiple sclerosis sufferers. Over the next 18 months the University of Ulster team will measure the effect of reflexology on 100 MS patients cross Ulster, recording the impact of precision body treatments including foot massage and other ...
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29. How did today's "Health System" evolve?
How did today's "Health System" evolve? To find the answer let us look at how two very important scientists observed the world they lived in - Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Quite simply put, the Newtonian world sees people as sophisticated biological machines. The Einsteinian viewpoint goes beyond the limited ...
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30. Reflexology & Asthma
Recent research has revealed that asthmatic children have benefited from reflexology treatment. (1) Reflexology is certainly an appropriate non-invasive therapy to help this condition and there are many reports from therapists of asthmatic patients being helped through reflexology. This may be because reflexology helps 'balance' organs and tissues throughout the ...
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