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Summary: Reflexology is based on zone therapy which divides the body into longitudinal sections with end points on the hands, feet and head. Discover how reflexology works with information from a licensed massage therapist in this free video series on massage therapy.
Rebecca Harrick is a licensed massage therapist who works at the Everything Peaceful Massage Therapy Center in Wilmington, N.C.read more
"Hello, my name is Rebecca Herrick and I'm here in Wilmington, North Carolina to talk about how Reflexology works. Reflexology was developed over the course of the past seventy-five years or so, Eunice Ingam was the person who really developed it into what we know today. She did this through working thousands and thousands of feet and hands and addressing the different zones of the body. Reflexology is based on zone therapy which divides the body into ten longitudinal sections with the end points on the hands, the feet, and the head. It's believe that, you know, that through all the research that's been done that working on endpoints of these zones also runs through the entire body and effects the internal organs and the internal structures of the body. Not only does it help to reduce stress of the client. If you've ever had a foot massage you know you can feel that stress and tension melting away from your whole body, but it also helps to break up crystalline structures that may be blocking nerve impulses to the organs that they affect throughout the body and that's basically how reflexology works."
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