Zone Therapy Acupressure

Zone therapy is commonly known as reflexology. Some therapy is believed to originated in the country of China more than 4000 years ago. It is also believed that zone therapy was utilized (as proven by hieroglyphic paintings in Egypt) by the Egyptians around the year 2500 B.C. In the United States zone therapy was first introduced in the year 1913, but first became popular around the 1930s.

Originally, the practice of zone therapy revolved around the premise that the human body is divided into variant vertical zones, and each zone is connected to particular pressure point. However, as theory gave way to science, it became evident that original beliefs were only partly true. While various parts the body correspond to alternating pressure points, instead of being divided into different zones, it has been proven that the body contains a series of energy pathways known as meridian channels.

We know, biomedical science, that the body transmits electrical impulse in the form of energy. These impulses stimulate our brain, our muscles, our bones, virtually every organ in every practice within the human system. Without this transfer of energy, we would fail to exist. Zone therapy seeks to stimulate these meridian channels via the manipulation of various pressure points in an effort to open these channels of energy and keep electrical impulses moving smoothly.

Most people believe that the only real electrical chain in the body occurs in the spine (the nervous system). However, the truth is the body consists of numerous electrical channels. Each channel is connected to a different function of the body. It stands to reason, but if one area the body is experiencing ailment, evening any increasing energy flow to that particular area can help promote the body's own ability to heal itself.

In zone therapy, acupuncturists stimulate varying areas of the feet. Each area of the foot is connected to a particular meridian channel. By stimulating the base of the meridian channel, acupressurist are able to promote the even distribution of electrical impulse. Many people dismiss the action of zone therapy, as well as other popular forms of acupressure, as pseudoscience. However, the advent of modern science has proven the acupressure, as well as acupuncture, can have tangible positive effects on patients suffering from both chronic disease, as well as simple annoyances.

And while some individuals will remain skeptical about the benefits and legitimacy of acupressure itself, zone therapy continues to be proven in a variety of medical genres. And if nothing else, some therapy is proven a stress relief. Stress is a major contributing factor to disease, and that zone therapy can help illuminate even a fraction of that stress is thereby eliminating some of the catalysts that eventually manifests themselves as disease. So, even if you think the idea of reflexology/zone therapy or acupressure is an accurate in its base, you will still reap benefits from a simple massage.

Zone therapists are typically educated and receive certification through bearing holistic medicine programs throughout the United States. However, some zone therapists are educated abroad. If you're seeking an acupressurist to perform some therapy, finding one who has studied American medicine and physiology, as well as some of the ancient Asian arts may afford to benefits otherwise unfound.

Because the origins of acupressure can be traced back to ancient China and India, and followed through history to various places of the world, it stands to reason that the principles behind the practice are legitimate.

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