Peak Health Therapies

What is Reflexology?

Reflexology is a method of stimulating reflex areas of the feet that relax and rejuvenate each and every part of the body including the glands and organs.

In the feet, there are reflex areas corresponding to all the parts of the body and these areas are arranged in such a way as to form a map of the body in the feet with the right foot corresponding to the right side of the body and the left foot corresponding to the left side of the body. As the whole body is represented on the feet, Reflexology offers a means of treating the whole body and of treating the body as a whole.

Reflexology relaxes the body, relieving tension and restoring the circulation of blood and lymph to its natural flow so that all of the body's processes function more efficiently.

These effects have been observed to enhance the natural healing processes of the body and a person's general health.

Depending on your situation, a single reflexology treatment may be beneficial but some conditions would benefit from a number of reflexology sessions. Your therapist will be happy to discuss this before you commence treatment, so that you have some idea of what is entailed.

Where people have mobility problems, it may be possible to arrange for reflexology to be carried out in your own home.

Alison Byrne practices Reflexology at Peak Health Therapies in Wirksworth. She is also qualified to practice Aromatherapy and Reiki.