Reflexology within a Medical Practice
What part can Reflexology play within a medical practice?
Reflexology acts as a complement to all forms of standard medical treatment that may help a wide range of acute and chronic conditions. The therapy may be particularly useful for:
Which patients can benefit?
Practitioners' experience has shown reflexology to be particularly helpful in the following areas:
What evidence is there to validate Reflexology?
In common with most complementary therapies, there has only been limited research aimed at validating reflexology. Many of the research projects in reflexology are very small studies. This is in part due to lack of evidence to allow the studies to be set up in the first place and in part due to lack of funding opportunities.
There is also a general rule of thumb in scientific research of repetition and reproducibility, that to be firmly believed any one research project has to be repeated both by the originators and a seperate group - and the smae results obtained - before it will be accepted. As with much of CAM evidence this has not happened with reflexology research. It has to be noted that there are also negative studies regarding reflexology.
However, there is a suggestion that reflexology has an effect from the studies posted on our "Articles" page.
All information taken from the leaflet "Reflexology within a Medical Practice" produced and supplied by the AoR.
Reflexology acts as a complement to all forms of standard medical treatment that may help a wide range of acute and chronic conditions. The therapy may be particularly useful for:
- stress related conditions
- long term chronic cases
- cases where there is a need to reduce the reliance on drugs under GP care
- patients who "don't like taking pills"
- patients who need more support than can be given within the constraints of normal medical consultation times.
- patients who produce symptoms for which there appears to be no underlying pathology that can be medically detected
Which patients can benefit?
Practitioners' experience has shown reflexology to be particularly helpful in the following areas:
- conditions involving poor cardiovascular or lymphatic circulation
- stress related conditions musculo-skeletal pain (backache, stiff neck, frozen shoulder)
- asthma and other respiratory problems
- headaches and migraine
- bowel disorders (constipation & IBS)
- menstural irregularities, PMT, menopausal symptoms
- insomnia, hypertension, sinus probelms
- pre-operative & post operative recovery
- care of the terminally ill
What evidence is there to validate Reflexology?
In common with most complementary therapies, there has only been limited research aimed at validating reflexology. Many of the research projects in reflexology are very small studies. This is in part due to lack of evidence to allow the studies to be set up in the first place and in part due to lack of funding opportunities.
There is also a general rule of thumb in scientific research of repetition and reproducibility, that to be firmly believed any one research project has to be repeated both by the originators and a seperate group - and the smae results obtained - before it will be accepted. As with much of CAM evidence this has not happened with reflexology research. It has to be noted that there are also negative studies regarding reflexology.
However, there is a suggestion that reflexology has an effect from the studies posted on our "Articles" page.
All information taken from the leaflet "Reflexology within a Medical Practice" produced and supplied by the AoR.
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Mobile reflexology service in north London: Southgate - Finchley - Whetstone - Highgate - Muswell Hill - Hampstead - Golders Green - Crouch End - Edgware - Mill Hill
Mobile reflexology service in South Hertfordshire: Cheshunt - Broxbourne - Waltham Cross - Hertford - Goffs Oak - Cuffley - Potters Bar - Hadley Wood - Barnet
Mobile reflexology service in central London: Islington - St John Wood - Hampstead - Regents Park - Camden - Marble Arch - Maida Vale - Swiss Cottage - Belsize Park - Belgravia
London reflexology
Member of the NHS Directory of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners.
