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Reflexology - Skeptics' views | | Reflexology - Skeptics' views: Encyclopedia II - Reflexology - Skeptics' views | | Reflexology is not a part of modern medical science. Skeptics point out that there are no reliable scientific studies proving its effectiveness as a medical treatment, or that there is any form of link between specific areas of the feet and the various organs of the body. Furthermore, the 'crystalline structures' rationale is unsustained by our current understanding of physiology. On the other hand research shows the relaxing and pleasurab ...
See also:Reflexology, Reflexology - History, Reflexology - Practice, Reflexology - Reflexology treatment, Reflexology - Alleged long-term effects, Reflexology - Reduced stress and induced relaxation, Reflexology - Feeling of increased energy, Reflexology - Alleged benefits, Reflexology - Current status, Reflexology - Other applications, Reflexology - Reflexology used on children, Reflexology - Skeptics' views | | | Reflexology, Reflexology - Alleged benefits, Reflexology - Alleged long-term effects, Reflexology - Current status, Reflexology - Feeling of increased energy, Reflexology - History, Reflexology - Other applications, Reflexology - Practice, Reflexology - Reduced stress and induced relaxation, Reflexology - Reflexology treatment, Reflexology - Reflexology used on children, Reflexology - Skeptics' views, Alternative Medicine, Acupuncture, Acupressure, Metamorphic Technique | | |
| | | Reflexology: Encyclopedia II - Reflexology - Skeptics' views
Reflexology - Skeptics' views
Reflexology is not a part of modern medical science. Skeptics point out that there are no reliable scientific studies proving its effectiveness as a medical treatment, or that there is any form of link between specific areas of the feet and the various organs of the body. Furthermore, the 'crystalline structures' rationale is unsustained by our current understanding of physiology. On the other hand research shows the relaxing and pleasurable nature of massage has many medical benefits.
Most scientists, health professionals, skeptics and others consider reflexology to be a pseudoscience, noting that there is no scientific evidence that healing can be achieved by it or that the claimed "energies" and their supposed pathways through the body even exist.
Robert Todd Carroll from the Skeptics Dictionary speculates: "One reason foot massage may be so pleasurable and is associated with significant improvement in mood is that the area of the brain that connects to the foot is adjacent to the area that connects to the genitals. There may be some neuronal overlapping."
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