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No Convincing Evidence Reflexology Works, Australia
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Of these 18 remaining studies, 12 failed to show convincingly that reflexology is an effective treatment, five suggested positive effects and the direction of one result was unclear.
None showed it didn`t work?
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#1 - Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:11 AM EDTIt's very ahrd to prove that it doesn't, not least because of the placebo effect. This is actually pretty damning for reflexology.
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It seems to me it would work at the very on a persons psych. At most, on certain spots such as acupuncture does.
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Not sure if does. Are you implying it does not? If so please state your source. I believe it is in the same category as Reflexology. Acupuncture has been around a lot longer tho.
History
The origins of Reflexology evidently reach back to ancient Egypt as evidenced by inscriptions found in the physician's tomb at Saqqara in Egypt. ...
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Acupuncture has come a long way since its origins and has won an uphill battle against time, misunderstanding, and criticism to gain the great popularity ...
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There is a good summary of the evidence here with some links: http://www.skeptics.org.uk/article.php?dir=articles&article=acupuncture.php.
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#2 - Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:28 AM EDTNow that is...I mean come on...Skeptics??. org? I`ll read it...but, I`m skeptical already...:)
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What's wrong with being Skeptical? It stops you believing in nonsense!
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Can't testify that reflexology does any good for the parts of the body the parts of the feet are supposed to correlate to, but it is without question the best foot massage I've ever had!
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#3 - Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:01 PM EDTThat's essentially the limit of its use as a medicine. It could be quite pleasant.
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This story has been posted twice ,and I thought I might repeat my comment
for the second time
Reflexology , might not work all the time, But it would make my first wife take
off her clothes .
I thought you might like to see it on a light side .Have a laugh
RON
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#5 - Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:33 PM EDTYou're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
