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Reflexology can be a natural remedy for pain

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By stimulating certain points on the hands, feet and ears, you can reduce pain intensity by 40%. As a new study conducted at the University of Portsmouth (UK), reflexology may be as effective as drugs. Co-author, Dr. Ivor Ebenezer (Ivor Ebenezer), explains that the impact on the critical points in the CNS promotes the release of morphine-like substances such as endorphins.

What is Foot Reflexology

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Foot Reflexology has become a well respected ADJUNCT to regular medical care.It is used in Hospitals, by Physical Therapists and Chiropractors to enhance MOST forms of medical treatments. Foot reflexology can help ease the pain of achy joints and muscles, relieve headaches and toothaches, improve the functioning of major systems of the body. Foot Reflexology works by applying pressure at specific points on the bottom of the foot. This is not the same as acupressure or acupuncture. In fact, the only thing that is the same is that medical science can't prove how it works...they just know it does!! There are over 7,200 nerve endings at the bottom of each foot. Nerves connectto every organ, every limb and region of the body through the brain and spinal column. It is thought that foot reflexology works in much the same way. Even though we don't actually work the nerve endings, the correlation of the bottom of the feet to every region of the body definitely exists. It was orig