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History of Reflexology
Reflexology is not a 20th-century invention its been around in one form or another for
thousands of years. One of the earliest examples of its practice was discovered on a wall
painting in an Egyptian tomb dating back to 2350BC. Early forms were also practised in Asia,
alongside therapies such as shiatsu and acupuncture, and in Native North American folklore.

REFLEXOLOGY EXPLAINED
HISTORY OF REFLEXOLOGY
THE APPROACH
GENERAL REFLEXOLOGY

Specialist areas:
FERTILITY REFLEXOLOGY

Pre-conception
Pregnancy
Post-natal
Baby Reflex

HAND TREATMENTS
FOOT/HAND CHARTS
Its modern day roots are based in America, where, in 1915, ear, nose and throat specialist Dr
William Fitzgerald, introduced zone therapy. He concluded that pressure on specific parts of
the body could have an anaesthetising effect on related areas. He found that the bodys
energy flows through zones, which run from foot to head, and found that pressure applied to
a reflex point in one zone of the foot, could positively affect other parts of the body.

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Zone therapy is the foundation of modern Reflexology, whereby Reflexologists apply pressure
to specific areas of the feet and hands stimulating the circulation and nerve impulses to
promote health throughout these 10 longitudinal zones. This pressure, applied to any of the
ten zones, creates a positive direct response in the related body area.

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In the 1930s, US physiotherapist Eunice Ingham further developed zone therapy into what is
now called Reflexology, with her Reflex Method of Compression Technique, producing
detailed maps of the feet and hands that are seen as the blueprints for practitioners today.

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