Kevin Kunz

Reflexology: the hands-on tension-reduction therapy designed to alleviate stress and the problems it causes. If you've been curious abut this exciting, progressive field of health care and want to learn how to apply it in your work, The Practitioner's guide to Refllexology is the place to begin. This guide tells how to incorporate the holistic techniques of reflexology in your practice as a doctor, physical therapist, masseur, nurse, or other health professional.

The Practitioer'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.

Keven and Barbara Kunz are researchers, authors, and practitioners in the field of reflexology. As co-directors of the Reflexology Research Project, they have spent the past five years researching and developing new information of reflexology, and they publish a quarterly journal, Reflexions. They are also the authors of The Complete Guide to Reflexology, Hand and Foot Refloxology: A Self-Help Guide, and Hand Reflexology Workbook, all pubished by Prentice-Hall.

Contents

1 A theory in motion
Why the feet?
Consider the foot
The foot as a resurce
2 Technique
Stride replication technique
Propriocise technique
3 The workout
The workouts-Five-minute foot loosener; The complete workout; Stride replication workout; Propriocise workout
The workout workbook
4 Special interests
Special interests: Stride replication
Special interests: Probiocise
5 You, the practitioner
Image of a profession
Practices of a profession
The future of a profession
Postscript
Appendix
Charts
Bibliography
Index… (altro)

This books 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 researh into the effectiveness of the treatment, the book goes beyond how-to and explains the scientific reasons behind reflexology. It reveals exactly what happens througout 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.… (altro)

This is truly a hands on guide to health. A person-to-person approach to reflexology, Hand Reflexology Workbook explains how to experty apply pressure, stretching amovement techniques to fine tune the hands--scientific exercises that can reduce tension, correct health problems, even act as preventive medicine. The methods described are appropriate for health professionals--physical therapists, reflexologists, massage therapists and manicurists--to practice on clients, a nd for the layman to practice on family and friends.… (altro)

This is truly a hands on guide to health. A person-to-person approach to reflexology, Hand Reflexology Workbook explains how to experty apply pressure, stretching amovement techniques to fine tune the hands--scientific exercises that can reduce tension, correct health problems, even act as preventive medicine. The methods described are appropriate for health professionals--physical therapists, reflexologists, massage therapists and manicurists--to practice on clients, a nd for the layman to practice on family and friends.… (altro)