The story of reflexology is written in books and research but, most of all, in the lives of those who have benefited from its use. Here we tell the story of reflexology for your life, where you can go and what you can do to have a fuller and healthier life thanks to reflexology. Perhaps you want to add to your relationships with the gift of touch like the woman whose two year-old niece fondly called her "Foot" instead of "Aunt" due to her reflexology work. Or, maybe you'll like having reflexology there as a resource to use when needed like the person who consulted the Internet for our interactive reflexology chart and used it as a guideline to work with a partner's feet resulting in his earlier release from the hospital. There's a reflexology use for you and your life.
Here we present information to help you choose reflexology for health and fitness. We present three basic options: applying reflexology work to another, using self-help reflexology and buying the services of a professional reflexologist.
Hands-on reflexology allows you to reach out and provide the comfort of touch. For example, partner provided reflexology has been shown to be effective for cancer patients. As researcher Barbara Zeller-Dobbs notes: "Patients expressed feelings of being less abandoned and the families expressed satisfaction at seeing that something painless existed that could aid their relative. In three situations we taught a relative how to use reflexology and the benefit seemed to have been as important for the relative as for the patient."
Today more than ever family and friend support is important to help the loved ones maintain their health. Research shows that reflexology can help in situations such as:
Of course, you won't want to forget yourself. After all, if you can maintain your own health and well-being, you'll be happier and healthier for such an accomplishment. In addition, you'll be better able to help those around you.
As you consider this information, consider the use of reflexology in another culture: China. China has fully integrated reflexology for health and fitness into medical facilities, reflexology service businesses, and homes. Today reflexology is utilized in: medical settings following positive findings of literally hundreds if not thousands of research studies; professional application in commercial reflexology establishments; family help in the home, and self-help application such as that found by walking cobblestone paths in city parks.
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ŠKunz and Kunz 2009
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