    
Patti Del Vecchio
Certified Reflexologist, Certified Aromatherapist, Reike Practitioner
30 Crossings Lane, Suite 104
Lexington, VA 24450
540-784-9700
Email: LexReflexology@aol.com
What is Reflexology?
Reflexology is the application of pressure, stretch and movement to the feet and hands to effect corresponding parts of the body. Reflexologists view the feet and hands as a mirror image of the body. By applying technique a reflexologist can break up patterns of stress in other parts of the body.
How does Reflexology Work?
The body as a whole is highly intelligent and innately knows what to do to maintain itself. Reflexology simply facilitates the different processes when a problem arises due to the various factors contributing to imbalance. It is a safe, no-risk, non-evasive but persuasive, highly effective therapy with many formal studies to corroborate its long history of success. Regular Reflexology has shown the capacity to slow, stop and/or reverse further deterioration caused by disease, strengthen and reinforce all systems in the body, persuade and allow the body to biologically and energetically correct itself to achieve balance.
The purpose of the nerves is to carry messages and instruct the body. When the nerves improve that instruct the body, the instruction has to improve, the body has to improve. Every nerve in the body begins and ends in the hands and feet. By applying this specialized exercise pressure on the foot, the outcome is improved instruction to each and every part of the body, resulting in a reeducating, a re-patterning, and a reconditioning of the nerves& instruction through the reflex/neutral electrical system of the body.
The grim reality of stress is showing up in more and more scientific studies like one by the American Medical Association that reported stress was a factor in 75 percent of all diseases. A recent study even linked the effects of stress to weakening of the heart muscle.
Reflexology can be a natural, low cost option to offsetting the effects of stress on heart and overall health. Reflexology endeavors to treat the body, mind, emotions and spirit as a cohesive system by getting to the cause of disease not its symptoms. Reflexology possesses the capacity to cancel out the effects of stress while it helps the body to reach a place of deep relaxation where it can balance the body systems.
Through the relaxation process the body is more capable of dealing with the stresses placed on it by daily living and those associated with illness. Reflexology gently nudges the body towards improved functioning of the system by improving lymphatic drainage and venous circulation, stimulation to the nerve pathways, and muscle relaxation.
In a report on reflexology research published at www.reflexology-research.com a Chinese study demonstrated how reflexology efficiently alleviated the effects of extreme stress. Twenty patients being treated for neurasthenia, a condition of extreme emotional stress-- were given a course of reflexology at the hospital’s department of physiotherapy. The treatments focused on areas of the feet relating to the adrenal glands, kidneys, bladder, sinus, brain and heart organs that are compromised by the effects of stress.
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