wyniki badania naukowego nad refleksologia opublikowane w australijskim czasopismie medycznym - refleksologia jest nie wiecej niz dobry masaz stop, ale problem w tym, ze klienci, czasami z powaznymi schorzeniami, pokladaja w refleksologii nadzieje na uleczenie i zaprzestaja leczenia konwencjonalnego. Na 217 opracowan o refleksologii, zaledwie 18 zakwalifikowalo sie jako akceptowalne metodologiczne, z nich 5 sugerowalo pozytywny jej efekt. Diagnozy oparte na refleksologii sa bledne. Wszystko to zostalo uznane za niewystarczajace, zeby rekomendowac refleksologie jakie metode lecznicza. Refleksolodzy pewnie nadal beda twierdzic, ze terapia ta dziala, bo 5 badan bylo pozytywnych. Istnieje tez wiele doniesien anegdotycznych o uzdrowieniach po refleksologii. Moja opinia jest - jesli uwazasz, ze dana terapia, np refleksologia, ci pomaga, to ja stosuj, ale nie odrzucaj konwencjonalnego leczenia i bierz pod uwage inne komplementarne terapie, ktore rowniez moga pozytywnie dzialac. http://livenews.com.au/news/reflexology-no-better-than-a-good-foot-massage-scientist/2009/9/6/218517 Reflexology can deliver no benefit for your health over a good foot massage but on the downside it can be "life threatening", a scientist has warned. Dr Edzard Ernst, director of complimentary medicine at the UK's Peninsula Medical School, reviewed the global pool of research into the foot-focused alternative therapy. "There is little doubt that a foot massage is pleasantly relaxing, however specific medical claims should always be supported by sound evidence," said Dr Ernst. "In the case of reflexology, that unfortunately does not appear to be the case." Reflexology practitioners apply pressure to, or massage, different "zones" on the feet said to correspond to specific organs, or parts of the body, where they aim to relieve stress or pain. Dr Ernst collated 217 research papers on the practise, which were handed to two independent reviewers who excluded trials with small patient sample sizes or that had error-prone research methods. Just 18 remained, and of those studies 12 failed to show convincingly that reflexology was an effective treatment. Five studies suggested a positive effect and one was unclear. "Most higher-quality trials did not generate positive findings," says Dr Ernst. While this may suggest reflexology had a benign or "risk free" effect on its patients, Dr Ernst cautioned that was not the case. People with a serious illness could opt for the alternative therapy and put off seeing the doctor to obtain appropriate treatment. "If used as a diagnostic tool, it will generate false-positive and false-negative diagnoses," Dr Ernst said. "Moreover, if employed as an alternative therapy to treat serious conditions, reflexology could be life threatening." Dr Ernst's paper is published in the Medical Journal of Australia.