Reflexology The Proof

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Reflexology The Proof

• Part 6 of the Reflexology Presentations

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• The first scenario is of a mature lady who
  suffers with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The client
  works as a nurse, therefore works shifts and
  inconvenient hours to eat a full stable diet that
  is suitable for her condition.
• A consultation is to be carried out determining
  her diet, lifestyle, exercise routine, medical
  background and home life.
• During the consultation it became clear that due
  to her work she could not eat set meals and she
  found that she often took snacks at work and did
  not drink enough water.Very little exercise was
  taken mainly due to lack of time, as she had two
  children age 7 and 11. There were no medical
  concerns but quite a stressful situation at home
  as she was having to work around the children as
  her husband also worked long hours.
• During the consultation we agreed on a treatment
  plan which could be changed if necessary.

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• Once the consultation had taken place we began
  with the first treatment. A full treatment was to
  be carried out paying particular attention to
  certain areas.
• Little and extra time was given to working over
  the stomach, intestines and to the bowel area on
  both feet. Thumb walking and hook and back up
  movements were used during the treatment of these
  areas.
• Slight discomfort was felt therefore only little
  time was spent on the areas.

Stomach
Intestines
Bowel
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• The treatments were successful and the treatment
  plan was carried out as planned.
• After three treatments the client felt the
  discomfort easing in the stomach area and by the
  end of the scheduled treatments the clients
  condition had improved greatly.
• Diet was also improved and her water intake was
  increased enabling toxins to be removed more
  efficiently.
• A further treatment plan was to be carried out
  reducing the treatment from twice a week over
  four weeks to weekly for six weeks. Her diet must
  be kept controlled to avoid a flare up of the
  condition.
• The client feels less stressed as the condition
  has eased this in itself will help the clients
  Irritable Bowel Syndrome as it can be stress
  related. She was desperately trying to improve
  her exercise routine and started aerobic classes
  one night a week as and when she could, depending
  on her shifts.
• The client continued with her treatment which
  carried on improving and now still has the
  treatment once a fortnight.

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• The second scenario is of a young man who
  suffered dreadfully with migraines.
• On the initial consultation it became clear why
  his migraines were so severe. His occupation was
  a long distance lorry driver, therefore working
  long hours, driving in the dark and general eye
  strain.
• He was questioned about his eating habits, which
  were not good at all, this was down to his job
  eating on the job. He was a single man
  therefore had no family commitments but very
  little time to relax.
• He did not work at weekends and was his only free
  time to relax and have the chance of treatments.
  We had scheduled weekly treatments on a Saturday
  providing he was home and other treatments where
  possible.
• It was a difficult treatment plan to organise due
  to his work, but tried his best to have at least
  one a week, for a month and then review it.

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• After the initial consultation was carried out,
  we began with the first treatment and at that
  time the client had a bad headache almost
  migraine pain.
• Full treatments were carried out concentrating on
  certain areas such as the head and neck. Friction
  circles were applied to both areas, only a little
  at a time. Often this they made the client feel
  quite nauseated but he wanted to carry on with
  the treatment. In time this wore off and the
  migraines eased.

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• In general the client was pleased with the
  results of his treatments and wanted to carry on
  with further treatments. He would have liked to
  of had more regular treatments but just couldnt
  because of work.
• The client confessed that he felt quite sceptical
  about reflexology but was willing to give it a
  try and is now glad he did.
• He has tried to improve his diet by eating
  sandwiches instead of chocolate and crisps, which
  he found helped his migraines.
• A future treatment plan was made this was to
  carry on, on a weekly basis.
• Overall his migraines eased and reduced them but
  as explained to him that if he could have more
  treatments, then they would improve even more.
• It was a very difficult case to treat because of
  his circumstances and a shame as I feel he could
  have benefited more by having more frequent
  treatments