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Legitimacy for reflexology has taken a step forward recently as shown by the articles included in this newsletter. A recent survey of medical school students shows changing perceptions of CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine). Nurses have now conducted sixty-five about reflexology including a variety of health concerns. And, there may be an explanation for why walking the reflexology path is beneficial for senior citizens' sense of balance.
A vehicle for legitimacy was launched last week to rave reviews. A pamphlet aimed at describing reflexology research in simple and straight forward language was widely haled on the Internet as a means of credibility for reflexologists. It is available for free as a download or purchase as a pamphlet in quantity. The pamphlet is excerpted from Evidence-Based Reflexology for Reflexologists by Kunz and Kunz which provides full information about the research noted in the pamphlet.
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Research Into CAM
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Med School Students Positive about CAM
A recent national survey of medical school students found that 75% "felt conventional Western medicine would benefit by integrating more CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) therapies and ideas." Reflexologists reacted hopefully to the results, many anticipating the future doctors would be more future accepting of the practice.
The survey was conducted by UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) and UCSD (University of California at San Diego) researchers. Results of the survey were reported in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) on January 20, 2010.
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Reflexology Path Walking
So exactly why does walking on a cobblestone reflexology path improve senior citizens' sense of control over falls as found during a study from Oregon Research Institute? Family Medicine, a Chinese health magazine, quotes an American physiologist who might have an answer. It has to do with how we keep our balance as we walk.
One's sense of balance operates differently when the walking surface is uneven. Normally we pick up 70% of cues about balance from our body's senses (somatosensory: think pressure, stretch and movement) and 30% from the vestibular apparatus of the ears.
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Reflexology is a useful adjunct to nursing!!!
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Reflexology Research by Nurses
Reflexology is a useful adjunct to nursing-that's what's said by the nurses who have conducted some sixty-four studies, creating an evidence base for reflexology uses. Nurses from 13 countries have studied reflexology in any number of settings: home, hospice, hospital, out-patient and in-patient oncology care, homes for the elderly, and dialysis clinics. The studies includes positive effects for patients of all ages such as: constipation and encopreisis in children; stress, incontinence and fatigue in middle-aged women; bettering labor outcomes for birthing mothers; easing stress for mothers of hospitalized children; and helping the elderly with physiological stress of dementia, depression, sleep, and hypertension.
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Reflexology Research Project maintains one of the most popular 
"I was on the phone with my pharmacist to see if the hissing sound in my ears was tinnitus caused by new medication I'm taking. (She thought it was more likely the one that I just got off.) Anyway, I opened up my reflexology reference book under tinnitus and it said to work the web between the pinky and ring fingers. Was that ever sore! Within five minutes the hissing was gone (it's been worsening over the past few weeks) although the reflex was still very sore. Right away I noticed that my ears felt warm, as if I had been rubbing them into circulation although I hadn't touched them!"
