.....Your Feet will take care of you!
Promoting Your Good Health
Reflexology promotes the body’s marvelous ability to adjust and balance during times of stress. Simply taking time out to relax can help you let go of tension and enjoy a feeling of restored balance.
Beyond relaxation, reflexology has been shown to improve circulation. Increasing circulations boosts the supply of oxygen and nutrients to your muscles and other tissues and speeds the eliminations of waste products such as lactic acid and stress hormones. This, in turn, reduces muscle tension and soreness, decreases healing time for injuries, and reduces swelling from injures and illness. Immune function, skin tone, and the ability to concentrate also improve when circulation is increased.
Why work on the feet?
We have over 7200 nerve endings on the soles of our feet, making them quite sensitive-and responsive to the sensory input of reflexology.
If you are stressed, overworked, or injured, a Reflexologist can send a calm and intentional message to the nervous system through his or her skilled touch to the feet. Because your nervous system is designed to respond to new input, your reflexologist’s relaxing touch refocuses your attention from the stress you’ve been experiencing. As you begin to unwind and enjoy new and pleasant sensations, tension decreases and pain subsides.
The feet are accessible and easy to work. You only need to remove your shoes and socks and your Reflexologist can address the needs of your entire body. If your feet cannot be worked for any reason, you can receive the same benefits from stimulating the reflexology points in your hands.
An abundance of evidence complied over centuries from such diverse areas as Egypt, India, Japan, China and Europe suggests that your body is reflected in your feet. That is when pressure is applied to the feet, predictable positive changes occur elsewhere in the body.
Reflexology in health care
Because it promotes overall health, reflexology is used as complementary care for people with a variety of conditions. For example, reflexology can help alleviate headaches, reduce arthritic and back pain, decrease the symptoms of addiction withdrawal, ease the swings of premenstrual syndrome, and reduce the symptoms of diabetes.
In Switzerland, nurses working with terminally ill cancer patients routinely use reflexology to decrease pain and make patients more comfortable. In Great Britain, reflexology is part of the National Health Service. Of the 26% of Danes who have tried reflexology as a complementary therapy, 73% of these experience benefits, including a gain in energy, improved mood, and improved sleep.
A holistic approach
When considering reflexology as complementary care, it is important to understand that reflexology approaches the body as a whole with interrelated systems. For example, applying pressure to the sinus points by themselves will not necessarily relieve a headache. Your Reflexologist stimulates all you reflex points, enabling your body to mobilize healing energies wherever in the body they are needed.
