reflexology
Does your body need a little TLC? Reflexology is just what the doctor ordered. This is a unique way to heal, relax, and rejuvenate your body. Elkhart Massage has the experience and expertise it takes to make you feel whole again. It’s an alternative way to help improve the overall condition of your body by adding pressure to your hands and feet with various hand techniques.
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Reflexology is an old times healing technique backed by modern research and deeper study. Reflexology involves exerting pressure to the targeted places on feet, hands and ears, which contains peripheral nerves that are linked to the central nervous system. Massaging these specified areas is a way to stimulate the central nervous system. It helps in relieving pain and reducing stress with a help of a simple power of ‘touch’. It feels similar to that of foot massage.
Reflexology is based on the principle that the nerves in feet, hands and ears play important part in relation to the other parts of the body. Exerting pressure on certain reflex areas relieve discomforts in other parts of the body. For example, engaging a nerve in toe could reduce tension in head and combat headache. Exerting pressure on heel could encourage digestion. Reflexology has also proven to aid in treatment for severe diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Research reflects that reflexology has four major effects:
· It can impact certain organs, by increasing blood flow to the kidneys.
· It can reduce specific symptoms by aiding organs function properly.
· It can produce relaxation effects to the body and reduce anxiety.
· It can ease pain throughout the body.
Reflexology foot massage with Elkhart Massage is an amazing healing force that helps eliminating many discomforts such as headache, dizziness, chronic fatigue and insomnia. In addition to this it treats the root cause of many internal diseases for example liver disease, heart disease, kidney disease, and high blood pressure. With reflexology the targeted reflex specified areas are activated to help in areas such as nerves, organs, muscles, glands, structural alignment, cartilage, tendons, circulatory system, breathing, immune system, circulatory system, mental stress, emotions libido and detoxification.
The techniques used in reflexology foot massage session are simple and user friendly. Most commonly used techniques include thumb walking and finger walking techniques. In thumb walking technique, thumbs are moved in caterpillar motion. It is considered as the main technique adopted for reflexology. Thumb is bent and straightens on the foot while rubbing gently a smaller area. Reflex areas get higher stimulus when small area is chosen for the massage. In finger walking technique, use of fingers is generally adopted on the dorsal side of foot. The rest, it follows the same pattern as that of thumb walking technique. Other techniques may include: Back and forth techniques, Spinal twist, Ankle loosening techniques, Pin point techniques, Basic holding techniques, Hook-in, back up techniques, Toe rotation, Leverage techniques, Ankle stretch ‘over’ and ‘under’ and Diaphragm-tension relaxer. Reflexology is an amazing modality. When applied correctly it helps addressing numerous problems at a time.
Reflexology is the practice of stimulating specific points located in the feet and hands while at the same time, a preventive and curative therapy. These points have their own locations and to be stimulated reflexively act on the body that correspond to them. This technique as well as promote general relaxation, is a source of health and well-being.
The diagnosis of this therapy is critical. To know exactly how the points and the locations of the bodies on the sole, the therapist knows about the state in which they are the internal organs, prevent diseases and promote energy balance.
Linked to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, there are two theories that explain the action of reflexology:
* The Neuro-physiological explanation
* Energy explanation
The Neuro-physiological Explanation assigns the reflex actions to nervous stimuli; i.e. to manipulate a point near the plant level this stimulus is received by the spinal cord, sent to the brain that controls the order to the corresponding organ.
Explanation Energy sets the reflex actions of the energy fields in order to manipulate the point of a body, energetically, as if there is a channel connecting that point to the internal organ.
HOW IS A SESSION?
There are 45 minutes of treatment that allow feeling the physical and mental benefits that a single session can provide. You can start the session with a bath to toe with Chinese herbs and hot water. These herbs are used for detoxification of the skin and help the entire body to relax. After the session starts; the patient is lying on a couch or in a chair and the therapist starts the reflexology treatment. They are stimulated all the reflex points of the plant each foot and are moved joints. It is made in the end a local massage relaxation.
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS?
* Increases blood circulation;
* It promotes the local and overall relaxation;
* Restores the energy flow;
* Stimulates the soul force the patient to reach self-healing;
* It stimulates the healthy functioning of internal organs;
* Preventing diseases;
* Reduces pain states;
* Decreases stress;
* Relieves anxiety states;
* Improves quality of life;
* Restores sleep;
* Encourages flexibility;
In conclusion, briefly though there is more than one way to explain the action of reflexology, it's a guarantee that it works and many have been the demonstrated results. Whoever tries will surely find a reason to look more sessions of reflexology and personally benefit of benefits to your physical and mental health.
Elkhart Massage is ready to help you feel the benefits of reflexology today!
Reflexology is based on the principle that the nerves in feet, hands and ears play important part in relation to the other parts of the body. Exerting pressure on certain reflex areas relieve discomforts in other parts of the body. For example, engaging a nerve in toe could reduce tension in head and combat headache. Exerting pressure on heel could encourage digestion. Reflexology has also proven to aid in treatment for severe diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Research reflects that reflexology has four major effects:
· It can impact certain organs, by increasing blood flow to the kidneys.
· It can reduce specific symptoms by aiding organs function properly.
· It can produce relaxation effects to the body and reduce anxiety.
· It can ease pain throughout the body.
Reflexology foot massage with Elkhart Massage is an amazing healing force that helps eliminating many discomforts such as headache, dizziness, chronic fatigue and insomnia. In addition to this it treats the root cause of many internal diseases for example liver disease, heart disease, kidney disease, and high blood pressure. With reflexology the targeted reflex specified areas are activated to help in areas such as nerves, organs, muscles, glands, structural alignment, cartilage, tendons, circulatory system, breathing, immune system, circulatory system, mental stress, emotions libido and detoxification.
The techniques used in reflexology foot massage session are simple and user friendly. Most commonly used techniques include thumb walking and finger walking techniques. In thumb walking technique, thumbs are moved in caterpillar motion. It is considered as the main technique adopted for reflexology. Thumb is bent and straightens on the foot while rubbing gently a smaller area. Reflex areas get higher stimulus when small area is chosen for the massage. In finger walking technique, use of fingers is generally adopted on the dorsal side of foot. The rest, it follows the same pattern as that of thumb walking technique. Other techniques may include: Back and forth techniques, Spinal twist, Ankle loosening techniques, Pin point techniques, Basic holding techniques, Hook-in, back up techniques, Toe rotation, Leverage techniques, Ankle stretch ‘over’ and ‘under’ and Diaphragm-tension relaxer. Reflexology is an amazing modality. When applied correctly it helps addressing numerous problems at a time.
Reflexology is the practice of stimulating specific points located in the feet and hands while at the same time, a preventive and curative therapy. These points have their own locations and to be stimulated reflexively act on the body that correspond to them. This technique as well as promote general relaxation, is a source of health and well-being.
The diagnosis of this therapy is critical. To know exactly how the points and the locations of the bodies on the sole, the therapist knows about the state in which they are the internal organs, prevent diseases and promote energy balance.
Linked to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, there are two theories that explain the action of reflexology:
* The Neuro-physiological explanation
* Energy explanation
The Neuro-physiological Explanation assigns the reflex actions to nervous stimuli; i.e. to manipulate a point near the plant level this stimulus is received by the spinal cord, sent to the brain that controls the order to the corresponding organ.
Explanation Energy sets the reflex actions of the energy fields in order to manipulate the point of a body, energetically, as if there is a channel connecting that point to the internal organ.
HOW IS A SESSION?
There are 45 minutes of treatment that allow feeling the physical and mental benefits that a single session can provide. You can start the session with a bath to toe with Chinese herbs and hot water. These herbs are used for detoxification of the skin and help the entire body to relax. After the session starts; the patient is lying on a couch or in a chair and the therapist starts the reflexology treatment. They are stimulated all the reflex points of the plant each foot and are moved joints. It is made in the end a local massage relaxation.
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS?
* Increases blood circulation;
* It promotes the local and overall relaxation;
* Restores the energy flow;
* Stimulates the soul force the patient to reach self-healing;
* It stimulates the healthy functioning of internal organs;
* Preventing diseases;
* Reduces pain states;
* Decreases stress;
* Relieves anxiety states;
* Improves quality of life;
* Restores sleep;
* Encourages flexibility;
In conclusion, briefly though there is more than one way to explain the action of reflexology, it's a guarantee that it works and many have been the demonstrated results. Whoever tries will surely find a reason to look more sessions of reflexology and personally benefit of benefits to your physical and mental health.
Elkhart Massage is ready to help you feel the benefits of reflexology today!
