A regular long-term client D** complained of sciatica at this visit.
‘Reflexology has been very successful with sciatic pain’, I informed him. I went on to tell him what I would do during the treatment, which would be different from the usual procedure.
I worked really hard across the sciatic loop on the heel for several minutes, several times during the reflexology session. I also worked against the energy flow of the bladder meridian, stroking from the little toe along the side of the foot and up the leg, holding the pressure points around the ankle. I combined this with work on the partner kidney meridian.
After the treatment I explained to D** what I had done and told him about some of the outstanding results from the past. (There’s no harm in a little suggestion therapy).
Then…………..at his next treatment two weeks later when I asked him about the sciatica, he said, ‘Oh that just went away. I don’t know why. These things just come and go don’t they?’
As I said, I could have smacked him.
And after all my hard work, too!
As you can imagine, there then followed a little lecture from yours truly about the efficacy of reflexology in relieving acute sciatic pain.
8 comments:
You deserve a medal! I am going to try your techniques...8 months is too long to suffer
i will try your technique as i've jsut got rid of a kidney stone but left me with sciatica so this all makes sense to me...or i might try and find a reflexlogoist my way lol
Good luck and I hope you are feeling much better very soon.
I was in so much pain last night with a pinched sciatic nerve, and just before I went to sleep I looked up reflexology on your website. I massaged my heel a little bit myself and went to bed. Somehow in the middle of the night all of my pain has gone away!
Wonderful. I'm really glad it helped. Sciatic pain is excrutiating - but you don't need me to tell you that! Do watch your posture and don't sit for too long at a time.
wow thats great i will do that to my granny
I have had sciatica for 2 years - acupuncture worked for a while and there was a whole week when I wasn't in any pain. My daughter has told me to reflexology so I will give it a go. So draining being in pain for so long, feel like 93 not 53. Doc has had me on Tramodol for the past year and to be honest it just relieves the pain for a while.
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