Dr. Jesus Manzanares, a medical Dr. from Barcelona, uses reflexology to diagnosis and treat his patients. Over the last few decades he has conducted research including documenting the ‘mechanism of action’ for reflexology where he biopsied the feet on patients with a specific diagnosis. The impulse we create on the feet is picked up by the peripheral nervous system an
d eventually communicates with the brain which then causes positive biochemical changes in the body. His research also shows that the pressure on the feet has to be tailored to the clients pain threshold for it to be effective. Gentle or soft pressure will suit some clients while others will need more precise and robust pressure.
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