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Introduzione alla
Terapia Reflessa Verticale ( VRT ) |
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Reflesso Terapia Verticale (VRT) è una tecnica di reflessologia che si basa sul lavoro della stimolazione dei riflessi localizzati sulla parte dorsale del piede e sul peso che grava sulla zona plantare, peso che è in grado di stimolare ed innescare e potenziare la zona plantare, zona in cui sono locati i i riflessi principali convenzionali.
La tecnica è stata creata da Lynne Booth, reflessologa inglese la quale iniziò a studiare dieci anni fa reflessologia , lavora in Inghilterra a Bristol .
Ad una prima osservazione sembra che la tecnica rinneghi i concetti base della Reflessologia, come la serie di zone reflesse locate su zona plantare, più accessibile al terapeuta quando il cliente è sdraiato sul lettino.
La sua ricerca ha dimostrato che non solo i riflessi possono essere trattati normalmente, ma che in posizione eretta, con la zona plantare appoggiata a terra il corpo reagisce in modo maggiore attraverso la stimolazione delle zone reflesse sul dorso, aumentando le risposte di reazione e riducendo nettamente i tempi del trattamento.
Ha suggerito che la VRT può arrivare ad un livello di stimolazione più profondo permettendo l’omeostasi dell’organismo
I primi trattamenti di VRT vennero impostati per problemi di ortopedia e dolori alle articolazioni, ( in quanto hanno dato ottimi risultati ) ma successivamente altre tecniche vennero impostate per ampliare la gamma di applicazioni.
Le altre metodiche vennero definite synergistic reflexology (SR), in cui sia la mano che il piede vengono stimolati in simultanea per amplificare le reazioni.
Ulteriori studi hanno inclusi sino a tre riflessi nelle varie combinazioni sui piedi e mani.
Queste tecniche, incorporando i riflessi zonali e nuovi situati sulle caviglie sono particolarmente attinenti per problemi di vecchia data.
La regola assoluta con VRT è non stimolare troppo i punti reflessi, max 5 minuti sono validi per constatare gli effetti.
Qualche volta il miglioramento immediato si è verificato con soli 3 tre mintu di VRT all' inizio ed alla fine di un trattamento di reflessologia convenzionale.
Trattamenti settimanali producono esiti con un max di due sessioni per settimana, in casi cronici è raccomandato attendere che il corpo del cliente abbia il tempo di reagire alle stimolazioni ed elaborarle.
Casi acuti rispondono bene a trattamenti quotidiani.
Tutti i reflessologi sono consapevoli della difficoltà di trattare invalidi su sedie a rotelle. Sovente risulta impossibile lavorare i riflessi sulla zona plantare del piede in quanto la gamba la gamba del cliente è ad angolo retto e molto doloroso.
continua........ |
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NEW DIMENSIONS FOR CONVENTIONAL REFLEXOLOGY
Vertical Reflex Therapy
By Lynne Booth |
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Several of the techniques I have developed for Vertical Reflex Therapy (VRT), where the feet are briefly treated in the standing position, are proving exceptionally helpful when used on patients who are treated in the reclining position with conventional reflexology. I will describe some of the techniques which are routinely used by many VRT- trained reflexologists. These would normally be applied for a few minutes at the start and finish of a session but can also be successfully incorporated or adapted for use in all reflexology treatments.
VRT is a profound treatment which appears to accelerate and strengthen the energetic impulses from the reflexes and allows the body to heal itself very quickly. Consequently the use of VRT must be limited to a few minutes at a time or the body can over-react and a healing crisis could occur. An osteopath, Sarah Bunting D.O., who originally trained in reflexology, says " I sometimes use VRT for a few minutes at the end of my osteopathic treatments to consolidate my work and I always get positive results". However, the interesting discovery that has developed from VRT is that many of the new trigger points can be effectively and safely worked for much longer when the person is lying down as it is only when the feet are weight-bearing that the healing response is so powerful and immediate. These movements create a very positive effect on the body as the practitioner can use the effective VRT techniques in a more gentle and flexible way.
Synergistic Reflexology (SR)
Synergistic Reflexology is the most familiar use of VRT when in the conventional position. This is where the corresponding hand and foot reflexes are worked simultaneously to stimulate the healing processes. Always work the right hand/right foot and left hand/left foot for a maximum of 30 seconds per foot. Usually a maximum of three reflexes are prioritised and worked this way as the body would dissipate too much energy if it were to try and heal too many conditions at once. The reflexologist can work the hand and foot reflexes simultaneously by simply standing sideways to the reclining client while working a holding a hand and foot. I often get the person to work their own hand as it is easier for me, allows them to practise treating their own body and they can use it for self-help at a later date. Even if you are treating a one sided problem, the corresponding area or reflexes on the other foot should be briefly worked to balance the body.
Zonal Triggers (ZT)
The Zonal Triggers are a new and interesting set of deeper reflexes that form a band, like a bracelet, around the top of the ankle where the groin/fallopian tube/ lymphatic reflexes are situated. I have discovered that the heart and diaphragm also respond to pressure on these ankle points. Within these layers of ankle reflexes are the Zonal Triggers which appear to open up a very profound window into the body, allowing healing to take place at a deep level.
Many reflexologists on VRT courses report that once they use Vertical Reflex Therapy with the Zonal Triggers and Diaphragm Rocking some patients, who seem to have reached a plateau, recover or experience better health. In recent workshops in Brighton, Wolverhampton and London reflexologists reported that two frozen shoulders began to ease within half an hour of experimenting with these techniques and an asthmatic’s breathing immediately became easier and she stopped wheezing. In fact I would advise practitioners, who are tentatively experimenting with VRT, to work on shoulder problems when ever they get the opportunity as they respond so quickly that it is a very rewarding experience and encourages the practitioner to expand the use of VRT! In a Denmark VRT workshop this year a therapist, whom I treated in a demonstration, was able to kneel throughout the weekend with no knee pain - the first time she had done so for eighteen months.
It is advisable to only treat one priority reflex with ZT if standing for VRT because the effect is so strong. But if the patient is reclining, three or four ZT's can be worked during the same session as the results are effective but not as powerful as on reflexes that are weight-bearing. The Zonal Triggers are not individually indicated, i.e. stomach, spleen, adrenals etc. Instead they are located by ascertaining the most painful reflex on the ankle which usually, but not always, is situated in the same zone as the reflex being treated. For example, if a woman suffered from period problems the practitioner would work the uterus reflex in the following way whether the patient was standing or sitting:
Locate the uterus reflex and work it in the normal manner.
Now move round the ankle band in tiny "bites" with your thumb or forefinger. Work from the medial to lateral ankle bone and one reflex point will feel particularly sharp - usually in the same zone as reflex being worked.
Locate the uterus reflex on the corresponding hand and work it for a moment.
Return to the Zonal Trigger, the sharp point, on the ankle and press it firmly with one finger while working the uterus reflex with your thumb. Three reflexes are now being worked at once.
Work these reflexes simultaneously for about thirty seconds and then treat the other foot in the same way. The same reflex area should be worked on both feet, even if it is a one sided problem, to balance the body.
If no particular Zonal Trigger reflex is apparent on the ankle, then press the middle point of the zone in which the malfunctioning organ lies.
N.B. When VRT is applied to the standing feet the plantar reflexes are accessed through the dorsum. When the patient is reclining the reflexes on the plantar are located in the normal manner.
The diagram illustrates the position of the Zonal Triggers on the foot and also shows the plantar reflexes that are located when using VRT on the dorsum.
Diaphragm Rocking (DR)
The Diaphragm Rocking technique can only be applied when a person is lying down and it is a distinct variation to the many diaphragm/breathing techniques taught in a basic reflexology training. DR is used extensively in the shortened, but comprehensive, twenty minute Complete VRT treatment I have devised and can be incorporated into every conventional treatment whether or not VRT is applied. In Complete VRT conventional reflexology and the Diaphragm Rocking form about twelve minutes of the middle part of a session with about three to four minutes of VRT at the start and the finish. These shortened sessions are very useful when treating large numbers of people such as office workers, sports teams or in a voluntary capacity. This concentrated form of reflexology is also very useful for the chronically ill, elderly or children for whom a longer treatment is not appropriate.
The specific rocking of the diaphragm reflex and "fanning of the metatarsals" was originally developed by myself to effectively treat insomnia and re-set the body clock but during the development of VRT I realised that Diaphragm Rocking had a far more profound effect on the body. This gentle rocking movement, in the middle of a treatment, appears to pump energy to the most needy parts of the body. The technique is not a squeezing movement, or a specific working of the diaphragm reflexes. Instead it is a pumping action on the solar plexus and a rocking on the diaphragm reflexes that appears to direct energy to where the body needs it most. A gentle and specific Lymphatic Stimulation technique (developed by VRT tutor Hedwige Dirkx) enhances the Diaphragm Rocking.
This has been proved when people present a problem such as headaches but during the rocking their bowel or stomach, not head, feels warm. This is obviously because the digestive system is the cause of the headaches, not the neck or head. In workshops where I have no knowledge of a reflexologist’s condition, it is interesting to observe how the body prioritises when Diaphragm Rocking is used. I recently demonstrated DR in a chilly room and a young healthy woman instantly became very hot after shivering in her jacket all day! A man felt warmth in his back as I rocked his foot - he had a deep seated lower back problem. A woman felt a tingling in her right ear and side of the neck as I rocked her feet and reported that she suffered from long term ear problems.
Some of my new research in VRT involves working the nails (especially the thumb and big toe) as a specific grid-system both in the reclining and weight-bearing positions. This is proving particularly helpful for the endocrine system as well as part of an holistic treatment. The new VRT endocrine course concentrates on the working of certain gland reflexes in a specific sequence while linking the VRT Nail-Working techniques to the new dorsal reflexes.
These reclining VRT techniques will enable reflexologists to widen their use of VRT skills by introducing new aspects to enhance their conventional reflexology treatments.
First published in 'Reflexions' - Journal of the Association of Reflexologists |
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