The Practitioner's Guide to Reflexology Author:Kevin Kunz, Barbara Kunz Reflexology: the hands-on tension-reduction therapy designed to alleviate stress and the problems it causes. If you've been curious about this exciting, progressive field of health care and want to learn how to apply it in your work, The Practitioners Guide to Reflexology is the place to begin. This guide tells how... more » to incorporate the holistic techniques of reflexology in your practice as a doctor, physical therapist, masseur, nurse, or other health professional.
The Practitioner's Guide to Reflexology gives step-by-step directions for performing powerful pressure, stretch, and movement exercises on others, along with 450 illustrations to guide you through these "wellness" workouts. Complete with important background information developed by the authors in more than five years of research into the effectiveness of the treatment, the book goes beyond how-to and explains the scientific reasons behind reflexology. It reveals exactly what happens throughout the body when reflexes are stimulated, how focused movements of the hands and feet can activate natural pain killers and soothe corresponding areas of the body, and why reflexology works. « less