What is chronic pain, and how does it differ from acute pain? Let’s first consider acute pain. Acute pain is caused by an injury or specific disease. It serves a protective function, letting the injured person know that there has been damage to some part of the body. The pain causes the person to seek treatment, or rest until the body is healed. Chronic pain, in contrast, outlasts the normal time of healing for that specific injury or disease. In my research, I've noted that pain is considered chronic when it lasts between 3-6 mos, or 1 month after the injury or disease should have been heale ..read more

A cancer diagnosis is scary for all concerned. Not only does it affect the person who has received the diagnosis, but the family and friends of the person as well. We have all been touched by cancer, and know the emotional roller coaster that we find ourselves on through the diagnosis, treatment, and eventual outcome. Reflexology has been shown to have a positive impact on the emotional and physical symptoms of individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer. Thirteen studies from seven countries (US, Italy, Japan, China, Switzerland, Korea, UK) show that reflexology can benefit those who are ..read more

The benefits of reflexology for women throughout the childbearing experience from conception to postpartum issues are backed by research! According to research published by Barbara & Kevin Kunz in their book, Evidence-Based Reflexology Research for Health Professionals & Researchers, the results are as follows: ​ r weight gain in contrast to infants in the control group. Analgesia: Less used Duration of Labor: Studies showed that the study group who received 10 reflexology sessions experienced: first stage 5 hrs, second stage 16 min, and third stage 7 min, compared to textbook figure ..read more

Human beings need touch in a very literal sense. Being touched in a positive way affects our physiology and gives us a sense of overall well-being. The lack of touch from a very young age can actually affect growth and development. Research and observation of children who have been deprived of touch has shown that they exhibit cognitive delays, decrease in growth, and an increase in aggressive behaviors. In Romania, where national policies on childbearing led to a skyrocketing birth rate, thousands of unwanted children were raised in crowded orphanages with little to no physical human contact ..read more

A wedding, the birth of a baby, a vacation in Italy, watching your favorite team play in the playoffs... these are all good life events that also have the potential to cause stress! For anyone who has planned a wedding, it's not hard to imagine how the desire of wanting everything to go perfectly could cause stress! The birth of a baby is an exciting and joyous occasion! However, the sleepless nights and learning how to care for another human is a major cause for stress. Planning the "perfect" vacation, and being on the edge of your seat while watching your team compete can also produce stres ..read more

With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog comes with a built-in members area - so that readers can easily sign easily up to become members of your blog. What can members do? Members can follow each other, write and reply to comments and receive blog notifications. Each member gets their own personal profile page that they can customize. Tip: You can make any member of your blog a writer so they can write posts for your blog. Adding multiple writers is a great way to grow your content and keep it fres ..read more

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Though one of the ways reflexology works is via the nervous system, specifically through the 250 thousand nerve endings in the feet, another way it works is through the energy pathways (similar to acupuncture). When using reflexology, the electrical energy flows from the reflex points along the energy meridians, therefore bypassing any damaged nerve fibers. That these energy meridians exist has been proven by scientists, and they call it the primo-vascular system. It was discovered by injecting dye into acupuncture points and being able to detect it in the energy meridians! The significance o ..read more

If you’ve been wearing high heels for a long time, then it will take some time to release the tight and very shortened calf muscles in order to wear flatter shoes more comfortably and safely. If you can barely stretch your calves while performing the calf stretch (below), then wait before transitioning to a flat. In the meantime, find the lowest heel that you can wear comfortably and determine this as your new high heel. As you move to a lower heel, use this time to retrain your foot muscles and elongate your calf muscles. Your feet may feel tired and achy at first because you are building up ..read more