The Zone Related Area's
Although reflexology treatment is concentrated on the feet and sometimes the hands, there is instances where the principles of Zone Therapy are still applied.
Due to the fact the zones extend throughout the whole body, the arms and the legs are made up of the same zones.
This means that a relationship will exist due the zone connection between the right arm and the right leg and the left arm and the left leg.
The joints of these limbs will bear a relation to one another and so the following are 'zone related" :
The hip and the shoulder; the knee and the elbow; the ankle and the wrist. Likewise, the upper leg and the upper arm are zone related, and the lower leg and the lower arm and also the foot and the hand, The usefulness of these "zone related' areas are for example, the knee could be treated by massage to the elbow", These 'zone related" areas are treated in addition to the reflex areas on the feet.
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