Foot reflexology

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 02.06.2024

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Definition
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A procedure belonging to re-tuning and order therapy in which reflex zones in the area of the foot are hyperemized using a special grip technique.

General definition
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According to the Fitzgerald body zone grid, the sole of the foot is divided into corresponding reflex zones. There are 10 longitudinal zones and 3 transverse zones: head and neck in the area of the toes, thorax and upper abdomen in the area of the metatarsus and from the waist down in the tarsal area. The reflex zone therapy on the foot can be used both as a mono- and combination therapy. Scientific studies to prove the effect are currently still pending.

Indication
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Implementation
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  • Diagnostics: As a diagnostic procedure, the individual zones are inspected and palpated. Painfulness and vegetative overreactions appear in the zones assigned to the diseased organ.
  • Therapeutically, foot reflexology is performed as a treatment package of 10 ± 4 sessions. The individual treatment should last about 2-25 minutes, 2-3 times/week. The intensity and rhythm of the grips is varied depending on the acuteity of the disease.

Contraindication
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Acute phlebitis or lymphangitis, infections, aneurysms, acute rheumatic diseases, Sudeck's disease in the foot area, psychoses, autoimmune diseases, post-organ transplantation.

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Last updated on: 02.06.2024