Question on treating specific conditions

[Jimmmy Carly]

Hi

I have a question and hope someone can help me out.

I am just at the end of my course and have taken out a book from the college library. This book gives a list of specific conditions and the main areas to be treated for each condition.

However, I am confused about why this is necessary. The routine we have been taught treats the whole of the foot, thereby balancing the whole system anyway and if any crystalline deposits were found you worked on them for a couple of minutes and then moved on.

Can anyone shed any light on this idea of having main areas to treat for specific conditions? Do you think it simply means that you would still treat the whole of the foot but do some extra work on the listed areas (even if no congestion was found in those areas) or do you think it means you would only work on the listed areas and not the whole of the foot in order to relieve the symptoms. Many thanks.

Sandra
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[hmqrnggi]

You are right, as Reflexologists we work the whole of the foot for all conditions unless there are contraindications to avoid specific reflex points. We treat holistically so therefore it would be wrong to only treat the areas where the symptoms seem to be. After all, we do not usually know why the symptoms have occurred and what the root cause may be.

I think books such as the one you have mentioned are suggesting reflexes that may be congested or need extra work for specific conditions, but a good background in A&P would enable you to work this out for yourself anyway.

Personally I do not see the use of those type of lists of reflex points and they are probably best ignored. Keep working the whole foot as before and give extra attention to any reflexes that appear blocked or tender regardless what the presenting condition is.

Good luck!

Sarah x

 

[AVDADDY]

Hi Sebenny,

I agree with Sarah ~ if you know your A&P well and have a good background knowledge of different conditions and the correspondining systems you'll work out for yourself which areas may need extra work.

It's always, in my experience, a good idea to give extra attention to the areas correspondingto a specific condition. Techniques such as linking also call for a good knowledge of A&P.

meridianmoon x

Just to add ~ working the whole foot is, as Sarah says, the truly holistic approach ~ but it is helpful to work on specific areas or noticable areas of imbalance.

 

[kzevtudtimcicfeem]

I have just finished my advanced reflexologyfor my HND. We work on the spinal innervations and then work the reflexes of the innervations found. e,g. if there is pain on 6T (stomach) I would then proceed to work that reflex along with any helper reflexes associated with the digestive system. I have seen very good results from my case studies using this method.

 

[Pompal 09.]

Absolutely agree with Sarareflex

S52 x