Reflexology

Improves deep relaxation Cleanses the body of toxins Helps re-balance the whole body Re-Vitalizes energy Is preventative health care Reduces stress

What is Stress
What Is Reflexology?
How Often Should Reflexology Be Done?
What Does It Cost?

What is Stress

Stress is the effect of your body fighting to maintain its balance. When you are under stress your body does its best to bring your system back into balance. It does this through secreting hormones and enzymes into your bloodstream in an effort to counteract the effects of stress.

The adrenal glands must produce an excess of corticoids to maintain life in a stressful situation. The resulting hormone excess itself has consequences to our health. It is a medical fact that flooding the system with any hormone will create disease in the body. Whey the thyroid gland secretes to much of its hormones, the metabolism is accelerated unnecessarily. When the pituitary gland secretes large amounts of its hormone STH, gigantism results. When the adrenaline medulla secretes an excess of its adrenalines, your pulse will quicken and your blood pressure will rise.

The trouble starts when our system is under stress for a prolonged period of time. So many of us live our lives in constant pressure on the job, at home, in our daily commutes. This prolonged stress causes our bodies to secrete hormones and enzymes continually, having immense negative effects on our health.

These negative effects are mirrored in our feet long before the effects become apparent in the rest of our body.

Such negative effects will show up on the feet as reflexes that are tender and painful in the course of a reflexology session. Understanding these reflexes allows a Reflexologist to detect problems early in their development, long before they lead to serious illness. With an awareness of what is happening in the body, a person can make choices and change habits to help alleviate the negative effects of stress in their lives.

An Ounce Of Prevention...

Reflexology is powerful preventative health care. In discovering problems in our feet long before they become serious in the rest of our body we are able to take more control over our own health and health care. While medical costs are covered by government health plans, we all have to pay the costs of this in higher taxes and higher user fees.

It makes a lot of sense to use preventative health care to help not only improve our own health, but decrease the rising costs of the medical system. As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Stress-Related Diseases

The following is a short listing of some of the more common diseases that have been linked to stress:

• Kidney Disease
• Bright's Disease
• Hypertensive Kidney Disease
• Backaches
• Skin Reactions
• Peptic Ulcers
• Migraine Headaches

What is Reflexology?

Reflexology is a gentle non-intrusive touch therapy applied to the feet. It is based on the principle that there are reflexes in the feet which relate to every gland, organ and part of the body.

By applying systematic pressure to the feet, a reflexologist improves circulation, promotes relaxation and stress relieve, and helps to normalize the functioning of the entire body.

Reflexology is a method for activating the healing powers of the body. Blood is circulated faster than normal and, as a result, cleansing of the lymphatic system and increased oxygenation of the blood occurs. The by-product of this is a more relaxed body and a general feeling of well-being.

How Often Should Reflexology Be Done?

Everyone's needs are different, although most people will benefit greatly from weekly sessions. For people with chronic conditions I recommend at least once a week, preferably twice a week for the first 4 weeks, then reducing the sessions to bi-weekly and then monthly as conditions warrant.

What Does It Cost?