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History of Reflexology
The earliest evidence of Reflexology in the ancient world can be found in the tomb of the Egyptian physician; Ankmahor second to the king, in Saqqara dated 2500 BC.
The inscription below the pictograph which actually shows physicians working on the hands and feet of recipients, reads, “Do not let it be painful” says one of the patients. “I do as you please” the physician replies.
There are also abundant records of Reflexology, having been used all over the ancient world including China, Japan, and India. Almost every culture in the world has known the benefits of massaging the feet therapeutically.
In more modern times, an American E.N.T physician Dr William Fitzgerald (1872-1942) developed a pressure massage
technique which he named Zone therapy, after noticing that the body appeared to have ten energy zones, five on each side of the median line from the head down to the feet including the hands.
Another Doctor who believed in Fitzgeralds theory, was Dr Joe Shelby Riley, who went on to write several books on the theory of Zone Therapy. It was during the 1930’s that Eunice Ingham became his therapist in St Petersburg, Florida, USA. Eunice Ingham was the first to separate the reflexes on the feet, from Zone Therapy and created the earliest Reflexology foot charts. Eunice Ingham is regarded as “The Mother “ of modern Reflexology, as we understand it today.
This is a very brief outline of some of the history of Reflexology and for anyone interested in a more comprehensive and full study of this, I would recommend a reading of the excellent book by Christine Issel, Reflexology: ART, Science, & History, published by New Frontier Publishing. |
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