The feet and hands are mostly all about us and our health - how we work the kidneys and liver, what's the hormonal status and temperament.
Reflexology is an ancient art that is based on the massage of reflex points on the feet and hands, which are associated with certain organs, and in order to improve their function.
Chinese doctors have made precise maps of reflex zones on the feet and the hands of even 5,000 years ago, since when this skill is applied. Reflexology is most present in Eastern culture, popular in Europe and America, and from 2007 in our country is recognized as a traditional method of treatment.
- In Japan there are lunch break and pause for reflexology because the Japanese believe that foot massage provides the body added strength to the labors of the day - reveals Aleksandra Maksimovic, physical therapist, reflexologist and an associate of the Center for balanced and quality life "Balans Medika" in Belgrade.
She says that in the Netherlands reflexology treat serious diseases such as multiple sclerosis. This requires a lot of persistence, patience and perseverance because the first results sometimes need to wait a year, but the treatment is done once a week.
On the feet and hands detail is presented map of the whole of the body, with the left foot corresponds to the left and to the right with the right side of the body.
Accurate than a stethoscope
By applying pressure to reflex points on the feet, the therapist can detect imbalances in some parts of the body, and to be certain massage techniques, using the thumb and fingers, stimulate before this imbalance manifests itself as a symptom of the disease. When you unblock all of imbalance, enables the re-flow of life energy, and the body returns to balance.
The first reflexology treatment is the diagnosis because our pain at some point of the foot shows that body suffers, whether it is acute or chronic phase of the disease ... If the pain is sharp and penetrating, it is the acute problem, while a dull ache usually indicates the chronic problem that has weakened the energy specific organ.
With the reflexology we can easily establish that, for example, disrupted the work of the kidneys caused hearing loss and that the malfunction of the liver leading to visual disturbances or other health problems.
- Massage zones on the feet, milder or stronger, will challenge the pain that will show us what kind of energy is a state body that is treated. Hands and feet are extremely sensitive to touch, and their massage can run blocked meridians in the body and stimulate the process of detoxification. So run and mechanisms of energy revitalization of the body - says our interlocutor.
The advantage of reflexology, she explains, reflected in the possibility of combining with other therapeutic techniques.
- Reflexotherapy essential oils can be used for relaxation, improve circulation and concentration, raise the general tone and revitalize the body, and to reduce nervous tension and aggression, elimination of chronic fatigue. The practice my daily confirms how reflexology precision in diagnosis and safe in the treatment. In all developed countries, it is recognized as an official method of treatment
• Reflexology is an ancient holistic therapy that is based on the stimulation of reflex points on the feet.
• Each reflex point foot stimulates the specific organs.
• During the treatment the therapist stimulates the 7,000 nerve endings.
• The beginnings of reflexology are linked to China from the period 5,000 years ago, and was practiced and in Egypt. There is the tomb from 2230 BC found drawing therapists who massaged feet.
