what are the disadvantages of reflexology?

[Sarah]

Im doing a leaflet for college and i cant find anything on the disadvantages, i found loads of advantages, but theres gotta be something wrong with it?

 

[Nitram]

It does nothing.
It lightens your wallet.
It can lead to you delaying getting REAL treatment for serious conditions.

 

[Dave]

It's based on an ancient and now disproved belief. Talk about 'meridians' and 'channels' in the body are completely fictitious and have been throughly debunked by modern science.

It works (if at all) purely by placebo. While this can be great for people who are feeling a bit 'off', unsettled or have a general feeling of unease, it does not work for real medical conditions.

It can give people a false sense of hope when they are genuinely ill and looking for a cure.

Unscrupulous practitioners can lie and abuse their position of trust. With little or no regulation, reflexologists can do what they want.

While it is a nice foot massage, it is just that. Any other claims about it is a lie.

It's not used by doctors or in hospitals because it does not work.

 

[Avondrow]

The fact that it does not work! It is a quack treatment based on a homuncular notion of the human body that was disproved centuries ago! It talks of energies and channels that can not be demonstrated to exist. It is therefore, 'magic' not medicine!

 

[Angelhil]

Spending money for no reason seems like a disadvantage

 

[Dr Frank]

I can't imagine anyone other than someone who makes money from reflexology suggesting that there are any advantages. Controlled studies show it to be no better than placebo.