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Fresh Hands and Feet

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Hand and Foot TreatmentThe human body is reflected in the feet and hands so that every bone, muscle, organ or system can be treated by massaging the corresponding area reflects something that produces beneficial effects throughout the body. This is the basis of reflexology, therapeutic discipline which is based just a unique home massage device designed to treat, among other ailments, disorders of blood circulation, muscle problems and general fatigue: the Pedi-Relax.

“You’ll appreciate my actions.” Just answer a therapist of ancient Egypt-who is depicted in a painting dated in 4500 BC and found in the archaeological site at Saqqara, at the request of his patient – “Do not make me suffer,” he begged ” he is massaging the feet and hands.

This is the first graphic evidence of the therapeutic use of massage of these areas of the body but the truth is that the first data on this practice dates back to the fifth millennium BC.
Well, these ancient massage hands and feet are the base of a discipline born in the West early last century known as Reflexology and that, like homeopathy or acupuncture, for activating the body’s own self-healing ability. And that’s just the basic idea a few years ago would lead to the doctor-doctor Hochwahr Sports Medicine-to develop a household appliance that is currently marketed as Pedi-Relax.

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