Reflexology a source of health
Sunday, July 4th, 2010The foot reflexology and massage of the feet are part of traditional techniques for body care, and going back to ancient times. This was known in ancient Egypt, and proof of this are the reason the documents illustrating the practice of reflexology.
From the theory of areas, developed by Dr. Fitzgerald in 1913, a nurse, Eunice Ingham developed the foundations of Western reflexology, as taught today, the mapping of bodies reflected in the feet.
The technique
The feet are one body area of great sensitivity and the nerve endings of the key organs of the body go through the feet. Every part of the foot is in contact, through the inter-mediation of the nervous system autonomous, with the body’s organs, and according to very precise topography. (more…)



