Why does foot reflexology.
Some people who come to be treated with reflexology tell me they do not believe in these things, I tell them it is not necessary to believe to work, as there is a neurological underpinning that explains how the nerve impulse is transmitted from foot areas where work leading to a response not only in the brain, but also from the spinal cord that sets up the body's regulatory mechanisms. Many structures
involved in the process, and in this article try to explain it easily. sensory nerve receptors are the first to receive the stimulus. They are of different types: highly specialized in one type of stimulus such as pressure, touch, heat or cold, and others, whose ends are free and may even branch out and realize the pain (even in some cases temperature and touch.)
When stimulated a point that is painful, caused that such information is transmitted at full speed along nerve fibers to the spinal cord. Pulse responsible substances called neurotransmitters are manufactured and stored in small vesicles by nerve cells themselves to be used when necessary.
Once in the spinal cord, nerve fibers send information to both ascending branches, which will go through all the marrow to the sensitive area of \u200b\u200bthe cerebral cortex, as falling branches and collaterals. This is very interesting, especially since pain stimuli are no roads continues the momentum that have not yet been fully clarified. It has been seen in spinal cord injury unilateral (single side), which is no information received under the injury, so sensitive, such as pressure and vibration. While feelings of pain and temperature, let collected in the opposite side of the lesion.
The impulses reach the spinal and follow side roads (equal on both sides), influence physiological organs and structures are also innervated by the spinal region, through the nerve roots coming out of it.
A demonstration of different areas of the body that tell us organic imbalances, are "referred pain", the most common is the left arm and hand are indicating angina, another is the vesicular pain (of the gallbladder bladder) that appears in the shoulder region, etc.
When the therapist Reflexology reflexology foot begins to work, the first thing you are looking for are pain points, finding sometimes associated with it, areas of deposits (which may seem to touch glasses.) Then maintains the pressure on these points always up to a threshold of pain that a person can endure, it has not been shown to exceed that threshold will make the therapy work better. From here the body will begin to be regulated by neutralizing the momentum, producing numerous neurotransmitters responsible for homeostasis (internal equilibrium of the body that leads to health).
If you ever have the curiosity to browse different books reflexology, observe that the maps bodies do not always coincide and, as the authors may have slight variations. This led to doubts in some people from the harshness of this therapy (since there are no scientific studies that support it). I have gained experience in treating a person with spinal cord injury has shown me that there are many roads that have the body to tell us where there is an imbalance and, even more, which is to regulate it.
was the case of a patient , who had a car accident as a result of which he suffered a spinal cord injury between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae, leaving him a complete quadriplegic. One might think that if their feet had no sensitivity to stimuli, the reflex would not work. The work that we developed in each session showed me in a short space of time, nothing is further from reality is, I opened paths to understanding the autonomic reflex nerve impulse (which keeps us alive without influencing it voluntarily).
The treatment began approximately one year after the injury, and I've been trying once a week for six years. At the start of therapy had virtually no movement in the upper extremities, only slightly swinging his arms as he sat in the chair wheels, which served to balance the torso and caerse.Podía not move my neck and shoulders and only had feeling in them. On the back was able to feel up to the height of the shoulder blades, but not all (half of the scapula lost the feeling down.) Had a scab (crust) on the right heel, two to three centimeters cured him three times a week. I had no mobility in the muscles of the chest, so that breathing was abdominal.
The reflexology was intended mainly to reflex areas of the entire nervous system, from the areas that connected directly with the vertebrae of their injury, to the motor nerves related to these vertebrae and supplying the arms.
Of course, the rest of the spine and nerves related to each area, and the different systems: cardiac, respiratory, endocrine, digestive, renal and lymphatic. I tried the reflex areas of eschar and something very interesting in the brain: the reflex zones of the motor cortex and muscle tone.
From the first moment I started working at the feet ceased to appear no reactions. The first and most interesting is that despite not even feel anything because of the injury, when I began to treat the reflex points of the motor cortex, the foot is moved in small spasms indicating that perceived pressure on a reflex point altered. This also happened in the points related to cervical dislocation, those of the C4 and C5.
At one point in the first session to treat it struck me: the knee. When I pressed him for the first time one knee flexed and leg took my hands (when he was unable to move). At that time, and despite years of experience as a therapist, I felt the miracle of seeing that everything he learned was true, that there was with the injury showing the reality of the reflex pathways of the nervous system.
I was also impressed that when you press the area reflects the diaphragm, solar plexus point, I said something was released in the chest and I could breathe better.
After a few sessions the sore was closed, we also observed that he could move his arms a little and that was stronger biceps, from that moment he began to work half-kilo weight on the wrists, which he did little little to get moving their arms and improve all the muscles involved in flexion and extension of the biceps. Thanks to his persistence and work, six months after driving weight of 1 kilo, and a year and half after two.
After six years of continuous treatment were anecdotes many, "The reflexology: an adjunct in the treatment of spinal injuries." After that we continue to work and seeing improvements in their physical strength to control the muscles of the torso to keep from falling when resting, control over the movement not only of the arms, forearms, but also, mainly the supinator muscle, which enabled him to scratch his face. In short, the quality of life improved considerably and in 2005 achieved his dream of going to live independently, hiring a person who helped him at all. He was 33 years old at the time.
When we had been observed working time Beginning to appear cramping sensations, primarily in the arms when stimulated reflex level of the brachial plexus nerves (innervating shoulder and arm to the fingers). In fact, when much overloaded reached an area causing pain throughout the course of the nerve. Then, when he stopped to treat him, the feeling disappeared. I commented that although the sensation was unpleasant not care, because I felt again that he had a body.
At the beginning of the sessions was able to perceive the path of momentum, as the feeling nothing could discern, something that we can not do, because the body is constantly receiving such sensitive information from the external environment, which is unable to differentiate the routes is that information (although some very sensitive people also have told me).
When we had been working a while I said that was no longer able to differentiate the way, she felt tingling and everything was working, treat the area to be treated. This showed me that once we start the reflex system, where arrive arrive impulses, the regulatory mechanisms are working. That is why different maps work exactly like reflexology, through foot can activate many nerve interconnections.
far I have explained the relationship of the reflex to the nervous system, but also There are other reasons why it works. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine have twelve major energy meridians that run through our bodies, six of them born or end up in the hands and six others do in the foot. The foot are
• Kidney Meridian : born in the sole of the foot almost in the center, and is related to the reflex zones "solar plexus" and kidney. When working at this point, activate the energy of the whole body, as the first point of this meridian allows us to absorb the energy of the earth. In his tour of the foot passes through the inner side of the bow area and around the medial malleolus, up the inside of the leg.
• Bladder Meridian : ends at the level of the nail of the fifth finger. In his tour will go by the outer side of the foot and leg, and when we work in these areas are activating important nerves related to it, such as the sciatic nerve and sciatic.
These two meridians belong to the element of water as traditional medicine in China, and is important to know that the emotion connected with them is the fear that led to its greatest exponent is panic, emotion that paralyzes us. The cold weather is connected, hence the sciatica can occur more frequently when suddenly increases the cold.
• Spleen-Pancreas Meridian: begins on the side of a finger nail first (big), up the back of the foot to the leg, working these areas activate the lymphatic system and the spleen is the organ that controls it.
• Stomach Meridian : closed at the height of the second finger nail, working those areas on the feet activate the digestive process. Both
meridians belong to the earth element controlling lymphatic system and digestive processes. The weather affects them is the humidity. Will be crucial in retaining the fluid in the body and the immune system. They relate to the emotion of worry.
Meridian • Liver: begins in the first finger nail but on the inside (closer to the second toe). Climb your foot to the leg. It is essential in the digestive process of obtaining nutrients for the proper functioning of the body, and also cleanses the body of toxins, which is why many are stored in it.
• Gallbladder Meridian : ends at the level of the nail on the fourth finger. Stores bile salts, and is dumped into the duodenum function at the time to digest fats, which is why people with gallbladder problems are so many digestive problems.
These two meridians belong to the wood element, climatology affects them most is the wind, controlling the emotion is anger (that's why people tending to get angry are also known as liver). There are winds in certain regions that they affect people making them particularly aggressive. They may also feel strong headaches that are located mainly in the forehead at the height of the eyebrow and usually affects one side more than the other.
foot in two chakras are located side also in charge of collecting and releasing the body's energy to earth. They are located in the center to the height of the first kidney meridian. People who practice Tai Chi, Chi Kung or know how important it is to work directing the energy of the body to the earth and back through the feet.
But what I have think it is clear that many mechanisms by which reflexology works, but the best way to convince is to get treatment. There have been many people who have come to reflexology in the 20 years I've been using this technique, and have benefited from it, but I must admit that there have been treatments that have been resisted. Well because it was not the appropriate therapy, or because the mechanisms of recovery of the person could not go further. What I always ask who decides to start to be addressed, especially in injuries or serious problems or chronic, is to be patient.
If it takes a long time with a problem, the body will not be able to react in the first session, and if it does need to continue treatment at least 12 to 14 sessions to be what we achieved maintained. I always recommend that even if the person is well, from time to time make maintenance sessions (one every month or month and a half).
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