Reflexology - a medical procedure that uses a special impact on the points of the body located on the soles of the feet, hands or ears. Reflexologist believes that certain points are connected to the internal organs, and acting on them, you can influence the work of these bodies.

While conventional medicine does not recognize reflexology as a means for diagnosis and treatment of diseases, each year millions of people are turning to refeleksoterapevtam problems such as anxiety disorder, asthma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, headaches, disorders of the kidneys and liver, premenstrual syndrome, sinusitis, cancer, and so forth. Reflexology is widely used as a supplement to the means of official medicine, and some people are turning to the reflexologist instead of the usual doctors.

In recent decades, reflexology - traditional Asian method of treatment - is becoming increasingly popular in Europe. For example, in Denmark at the beginning of the nineties, many private companies and municipalities have even started hiring to his staff refeksoterapevtov. According to the research, this has led to the fact that officials and employees of the companies began to get sick less often, and their productivity increased markedly.

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It is difficult to say when it was born reflexology. On the basis of some archaeological evidence suggests that it existed as early as 2300 BC, and its foundations have been formulated by scientists of Ancient Egypt. Symbols associated with acupuncture, can be seen on the ancient statues of Buddha in India. In "Treatise of the Yellow Emperor domestic" or "Book of the domestic", written a thousand years before our era, there is a chapter devoted to the examination of the feet, and communication vitality with points on the feet.

It is believed that in the fourteenth century, Marco Polo has translated one of Chinese books about massage in Italian and then in Europe, first learned about acupuncture, though, of course, new knowledge has been available only to the educated elite. The next book on acupressure points on the human body, appeared in Europe only in 1582.

In 1917, an American physician William Fitzgerald published an article about the ten vertical zones of the body corresponding to specific points on the feet. He wrote, which impacts on a point corresponding to the zone in which there are one or other damage, may relieve pain and accelerate the healing process. Dr. Shelby Riley continued the work of William Fitzgerald. He has developed a detailed Kardu biologically active points on the feet and hands, and suggested that such points may be located on the ears. Eunice Ingham - a physical therapist for several years collaborated with Dr. Riley found that stimulation of points on the feet, is the most efficient and developed refekleksoterapii cards, which are widely used to this day.

Biologically active points in reflexology

According to the theory of acupuncture, ears, feet and hands are placed man points corresponding to specific organs, bones and body systems. They are at the top and bottom sides of the feet and hands, as well as on the sides, on the ear and inside the ear - approximately at a depth where the finger can penetrate adult.

Maps of these points were distributed among the different countries reflexologist many centuries ago, but the properties of certain points still cause controversy. However, in acupuncture, there are basic principles that I agree with all the people who practice this method of treatment. For example, the left foot is connected to the left side of the body, all the organs, bones, joints, arranged on the left. The right foot is connected, respectively, to the right side. Since the liver, for example, is to the right, it can not be affected by stimulating biologically active points on the left foot.

Depending on the needs of the patient, reflexologist can hold health-building procedure, about the same stimulating all the active points, or to pay attention to the specific health problems and, consequently, certain points. It is believed that reflexology helps in any way to relieve stress and normalize the current vitality, from which depends directly on human health.

Differences refeksoterapii other methods of alternative medicine

Reflexology is similar to acupuncture and acupressure that all of these methods affect the vitality of man by stimulating certain points on the body .  However, these techniques are ascribed certain points different properties, and in addition, the reflex is not usually used needles - active points simply stimulate arms .  Perhaps that is why sometimes confused with reflexology massage .  However, if the therapist works "outside-in", taking the total voltage by acting on certain muscles and ligaments reflexotherapist the contrary, operates the "inside-out" - in the active points, it stimulates the nervous system and thus relieves stress .  Another noticeable difference is that during a session of reflexology client remains fully clothed, and in front of massage usually need to undress .  In addition, it does not apply to reflexology massage oils and special tools - just the human hand .

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