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Reflexology is a specific touch technique of applying pressure to reflex points of the feet and hands. Foot reflexology has been credited with increasing circulation and lowering body stress.
The theory is that your feet mirror your body. By placing an outline of the body over an image of the feet, you can see the toes correspond to the head area. Where the toes join the foot is the shoulder line. Below that is your lungs. As you go down the feet, the other body parts and organs correspond to the specific defined areas in the feet.
Each foot has over 7,000 nerve endings, 26 bones, 107 ligaments and 19
muscles. A typical treatment includes pressure pointing and massaging
specific areas (nerve endings) that correspond to parts of the body. This
type of drugless therapy creates a physiological change in the body by
naturally improving your circulation, which reduces your body tension
and enhances relaxation. It aids in the elimination of body waste and
restoring the body functions to better health.
It is recommended to drink purified water afterwards to help flush away
these wastes. Reflexology is one of many ''manual medicines,'' it needs
water to work best.
