REFLEXOLOGY CASE STUDIES

[The Goodley]

HEY EVERYONE, I AM NEW TO THIS FORUM AND LIKE SO MANY OTHERS HERE I NEED HELP!

I AM DOING A DIPLOMA IN REFLEXOLOGY AND NEED GUIDANCE REF: CASE STUDIES.

HAS ANYONE GOT SOME EXAMPLES THEY COULD SHARE WITH ME?

MUCH APPRECIATED
STARLET

 

[thewzuhqisgitheiq]

Hiya Starlet,

My case studies were for a ITEC diploma so not sure if the format I used will apply to your course but here's what we did ......

Front Page ~ Consultation sheet ~ I presume your tutors have give you some guidance on this .... if not I'm sure there are some for you to look at on the student forum here.

For each treatment ~ A paragraph for each....

a. starting with how client presents .... posture ~ open/closed friendly/withdrawn? etc

b. Brief description of clients history and then presenting symptoms....

c. Any contra ~indications local etc. How feet are presented? Relaxed/tired/tense ? temp ? colour? any local contra indications ? skin condition ? Recommendations for treatment i.e ~ "full reflexology treatment recommended using talc paying particular attention tohead/brainand adrenal reflex areas in order to help with stress and anxiety"

d. Treatment...... For each reflex you find .... i.e
" granular reflex found in head/brain ~ reflex work with lots of extra thumb walking and some localised pointing ~ reflex lessened in depth~ no tenderness".

e. summary of treatment ... client reactions ~ sleepy chatty etc / areas you feel may need extra work.

f. recomendations ~ importance of drinking water / things to avoid/etc possible post treatment side affects explained.

at the top of the next treatment ~ client reactions since last treatment i.e client reports experiencing more frequent bowel movements/client reports enjoying deeper more restful sleep.

do this for each treatment ~ we had 10 clients ~ 4 treatments eack plus charts and a summary of treatments to complete, so it's a lot of work but the very best way to learn.

Good luck & hope this helps

Meridianmoon x

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[alexiwersgood]

Thanks Meridianmoon

I am about to start my case studies (doing the first one tomorrow) and your post is really useful.

Good luck Starlet with your case studies.

Sandra
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[ufmlxebn]

Hi Starlet and Sandra,

MeridianMoon has given some great advice there, and i don't really have much to add, but i would like to give you a little tip........make sure you write up your treatment notes as soon as your client has left, that way the information is still fresh in your mind, and you can add more to the case study, rather than trying to remember the information at a later date.

Hope this helps.

Good luck with your case studies, and just PM me if you need any help.

Kate
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[ickpzqkz]

Hi Starlet

You have had some good advice from Meriadianmoon.I hope it is going well for you.

My advice would be to decide to enjoy the process and find out how useful it is to you to write down all that you have gleaned from working with your cleint. You will learn so much from every client and the Case Study is your way of "capturing" that.I amfrequentlytold how muchmy studentshave eventually enjoyed doing their Case studies, even though they dreaded them to begin with!

One way to approach it is to think of discussing the whole Case with your tutor and write every bitof information down. Imagine your tutor asking you more question like "how were they when they arrived?" "how did creating your treatment plan go, and did it work out as planned?". "What did you feel?" "Did you find anything and if so did it relate to your client?", "what did you learn from working with this client".

Rest assured that everyone finds doing case studies daunting - until you start and then it gets better!

Enjoy them and the results.

Best wishes to you (and anyone else doing the same!)

Sue Ricks
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