
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, November 6, 1995                   TAG: 9511060083
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C4   EDITION: METRO 
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A LITTLE FOOT THERAPY GOES A LONG WAY

Reflexologists working on the feet say that through massage, areas of the body can be aided therapeutically.

Reflexology, or zone therapy, is based on the theory that organs and muscles have corresponding points on the feet and that problems relating to organs and muscles can be affected by finding those points and massaging them.

Example: The brain point is in the middle of the bottom of the big toe.

Based on this theory, you should get relief from sinusitis by doing the following:

Rubbing the pituitary gland site (bottom of tip of large toe) 14 times on each foot to get all the body's glands juiced up;

Next, massaging the sinus sites (base of all toes) 14 times on each foot;

Then, rubbing the adrenal gland sites (midway of sole about one-third from inside edge of each foot) 14 times each;

And, finally, massaging the lymphatic system band on top of foot 14 times each.

If you can't reach your feet, you can use the same sites on the palms of your hands and where the the hand meets the wrist (lymphatic).

Source: "The Reflexology Workout," by Stephanie Rick, Crown Publishers Inc., 1986.

by CNB