Reflexology Foot Chart | PDF
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Reflexology, also know as zone therapy, is a therapeutic method that is often listed under the broad category of alternative medicine. What this means is that there is no understanding of the efficacy of the method based on the scientific method. That is, reflexology has not been verified by the evidence gathering, verification and peer-based testing that any conventional medical treatment must survive before it can be accepted as valid practice.
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Reflexology itself is a treatment where the therapist works on what the practice defines as “reflex points” on your feet, head or hands, as well as on other points of your body. The actual treatment consists of finger pressure, rubbing, and other similar modalities.
Ideology of Reflexology
The idea behind reflexology is that these “reflex points” somehow relate to specific organs or locations within your body. The pathways of these relationships are defined, within reflexology, as energetic pathways. Many mainstream practitioners of reflexology believe that the human body is divided into ten vertical zones, in a manner quite similar to some philosophies of traditional Chinese medicine, in which the body is theorized to be divided into twelve “meridians”. Reflexology Charts are often confused with what are known as Chinese Charts. The latter are concerned with the practice of acupuncture, which, while it does share some points in common with reflexology, is a different discipline.
There are many different types of Reflexology Charts available. A foot reflexology chart will illustrate both the right and left foot, top and bottom, for a total of four views. Since the idea is that manipulating a given area of the feet can affect the liver, as an example, the Foot Reflexology Chart maps the appropriate area on the foot, in a distinctive manner, as doing so.
As you search out Foot Reflexology Charts, you will notice some disagreement about what point on the foot affects what part of the body. These are not necessarily misprints; even among acknowledged experts in the field, there is considerable disagreement on some of the finer points of the theory and practice.
Reflexology Charts, by necessity, do tend to cram a lot of information into a small bit of area. It may make reading the chart easier if you remember that reflexology points on the left foot tend to effect receptors on the left side of the body, and points on the right foot often effect points on your right side.
There are Reflexology Charts available online which include body target areas, such as the eye, listed on a table. When you point and click the mention of “eye” on the table, the appropriate area on the relevant foot will then change color on the online chart. These more modern charts are much easier to read and follow than the old-fashioned printed types.
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