Reflexology, My Foot

Before dollar stores, the Asian world was cornering the market with health treatments. Employed with a holistic approach to medicine, the body's natural functioning and rhythms were put at the service of alternative healthcare. Unfortunately, some people read "alternative" as unproven or, at least, experimental.

The fact is that all medical practice is just that - "practice" to either perfect or discard a treatment over time. Thus, follow-up studies and testing are needed to provide continuous scrutiny based on benchmark standards of application. Ergo, the long list of possible complications associated with the hype and advertised drug or procedure.

In other words, just because a guinea pig is used in the lab doesn't mean that one isn't also needed in the office and clinic. "Buyer Beware" is good advice when shopping in a dollar store and when accepting a prescription or medical treatment; though, unlike reflexology, insurance coverage might do the buying.

Bow your head, then, in honor of the true body mechanics and see your feet!

Every doctor knows that the farthest point for blood to flow is the feet. Any physician will confirm that blood flows to both fuel the body and remove unwanted, often toxic, waste products. The heart's pumped blood slows at the feet risking a compromised nourishing, purifying and healing system of operation.

When life giving blood is freely flowing through the reflex points on the feet, then life is flowing everywhere in the body. If you do not trust surgeons, as I don't, ask a nurse what it means when a patient's feet turn blue. So why isn't a reflexologist on staff at American hospitals?

For one thing, reflexology requires no machines, no tubes and no meds to be administered. For another, reflexology takes more time with the patient than measuring blood pressure, taking an X ray or even giving a bath. Finally, reflexology involves hands-on treatment that is seen by a Puritanical medical profession as too intimate and open to a compromised objective handling of the case, if not the patient.

So, what are the odds of turning the medical profession on its head?