About Reflexology
Reflexology is the study and practice of working reflexes in the feet, hands and even the face, which correspond to other parts of the body and I believe can cause responses in the body, by using specific hand and finger techniques.History of Relexology
Although it is thought that the Egyptians originally discovered Reflexology, it was brought to our attention in the early 1900's by a Dr. Fitzgerald, who realised he could produce an anaesthetic effect by pressing certain distant parts of the body.
Dr. Riley - also an American - became fascinated by this, studied it at length and wrote a book in the 1920's on zone therapy.
His assistant, Eunice Ingham, charted the feet in relation to these zones. She eventually evolved a map of the body, on the feet, realising that pressure on the feet had therapeutic effects elsewhere in the body.
I believe that the main benefits to those having Reflexology and Aromatherapy are
