Validity
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 As to the validity of reflexology there are a number of scientific explanations of the practice. When reflexology is performed the sensory receptors in the patient's feet are stimulated and impulses are sent through the nervous system. Because the hands and feet have an incredible number of nerve endings the stimulation has far reaching effects. This explains why pressing an area on a persons hand or foot could have an effect on another part of the body. Also it has been shown that applied pressure to a foot helps energy flow, improves blood supply, and “promotes neurological stimulation to the affected area” (Stillerman 191). There are chemicals in the body called endorphins that suppress pain “by blocking the transmission of pain impulses from one neuron to another.” The Canadian scientist Professor Pomeranz discovered that acupuncture set these chemicals free. Reflexology works the same way but with the use of pressure rather than needles (Carter 4). |
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| How a patients attitude affects treatment |
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| Zone Theory and Meridian Theory |
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| Validity of Reflexology |
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| Opposition |
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| Reflexology in History |
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| Essential Questions and Hypotheses |
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