Does reflexology really work?

(2 Feb 2009) SHOTLIST
London, United Kingdom, 9th December 2008
1.Wide of therapist Rosanna Bickerton and patient entering room for treatment
2.Mid shot of patient getting on treatment bed facing therapist
3.Mid shot of therapist putting cream on hands and rubbing feet
4.Close up of therapist's face
5.Close up of reflexology on foot
6.Close up of patient's face
7.Close up of reflexology on toes
8.SOUNDBITE: (English) Patricia Parnell, reflexology patient
"I got off the bed and I felt I'd got much more energy inside me and with glandular fever you do get reoccurrence of it until it finally kind of dispels itself from the system and I did have several more sessions of it, but each time it lasted for a lot less."
9. Various wide and close up of patient lying down and being given reflexology treatment
10.SOUNDBITE: (English) Rosanna Bickerton, reflexologist
"We don't know how reflexology works. There are various theories, that we think impulses travelling from the feet where we're working go up via the nerves or the acupuncture meridians to the corresponding part of the body. But we don't really know What we do know is that it has been around for four and a half thousand years, so it has been tested by time as we say."
11.Close up of reflexology on foot
12.Various mid and close of therapist changing towel and starting reflexology on second foot
13.Various close and wide of therapist giving patient reflexology
14.Pan of table with cream and model feet
15.Various close up of model feet with marked out reflexology zones which correspond to other parts of the body
16.SOUNDBITE: (English) Rosanna Bickerton, reflexologist
"I think there's definitely a part of reflexology which has this placebo effect. One of our jobs as a reflexologist is to relax our client, or patients and when the patient is relaxed the body has the ability, has the time to get well. The other part of this is the non placebo effect is that we're stimulating very specific points on the feet corresponding to parts of the body, so we're aiming stimulate that part of the body into health and work most effectively."
17. Various of patient being given reflexology
18. Poster showing reflexology points of the ears
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Edzard Ernst, Professor of Complementary Medicine, University of Exeter
"You need to have a comparison and that is actually the principle of a clinical trial. When you do clinical trials on reflexology and there are about a dozen of such studies you'll find that the relaxation effect of reflexology is pretty well documented there's no doubt about it, but whether it has any specific effect beyond relax, whether it has any specific effect beyond relaxation and whether there are any specific points related to specific organs is more than doubtful."
20.Wide of patient finishing therapy
21. Various of poster demonstrating reflexology points
LEAD IN:
Reflexology is becoming an increasingly popular treatment among complementary therapists in the United Kingdom and their apparently growing number of patients.
The British Reflexology Association claims that the therapy which is based around foot massage, can be used to treat a number of stress related conditions.
But while medical doctors are generally happy to accept that there are beneficial effects from a relaxing massage, they dispute whether these can be said to 'cure' any illnesses.
STORYLINE:
After getting glandular fever last year Patricia Parnell felt listless and exhausted.
corresponds with the left side of the body and a similar map connecting to the body from the right foot.
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[@VicodinElmo]

You know you’re old when a video shot in 2009 starts looking like a shot from the 90s

[@PaLaa]

lmfao no for real

[@argmon9090]

😭😭

[@ZacharyReese]

This is like a super high quality ASMR video.

[@ofbrysonmen3135]

0:50 Me laying in bed thinking about that stupid thing I said when I was 7.

[@markocroatia1]

I feel you

[@LeoSonics]

0:50 what my girl sees 👀

[@kikaylopez2753]

Lol

[@jayjones3691]

In my opinion foot reflexology was needed especially back then and at revamp now because people realize then the necessity first external health as well for shoes were really developed but possibly another reason too.

[@siyacer]

It's about as effective as a foot massage.

[@maragrace820]

You are soooo ignorant!

[@bakaraymoo7389]

Does communism mean food stamps? Dumb mf lol

[@cottonstring_catman]

"We don't know how it works, we just know its from ancient china and eastern medicine." XD

[@veezlee]

It works. In Changsha,China, there are reflexology clinic that saved many lives. I went there for my severe palpitation. I felt better on day 1 and I fully recovered in a month. Reflexology is accomplished in coronary disease and they have many success cases. There’s no side effects unlike medicine and surgery. People should give it a try

[@ruru6643]

Really? For sure? Or what (*ΦωΦ*)?

[@icecoldcube2823]

This is so cringy 😂 The woman lying there with her eyes wide open 😂

[@Platinum989]

Lol like.... what the? Relax man lol

[@sheisaMachine]

Lmaoooo

[@Ash-ru1et]

Do y’all reckon she’s had those bunions taken care of since then?

[@drumcircler]

Foot massage can feel good. Connections to body organs are utter bunk.

[@manusharamanayake8142]

Short answer: No

[@kallisto9166]

TLDR; no. No it doesn't work. Also the tooth fairy isn't real and your parents just went out and got another goldfish.

[@badmiddens]

you are horrible. you could have let me just live my life thinking that my goldfish lived for 13 years, but no...

[@dputra]

I think it just like regular massage, it promotes endorphin release so you get relaxed. I do self reflexology, not because I believe their claims but because it's relaxing 😅 Asian style reflexology is more painful too, often involves tools such as reflexology stick to multiply the pressure and causes "crunchy" sounds. Again, I don't believe the toxins release claims. When my head hurts, inducing pain on my foot will divert my brain to "forget" that I had headache lol. Call me masochist but the pain and crunchy sounds is satisfying too 😂

[@jasjituppal6318]

Lol when she admits I don't know of it works. But because people have been doing for so long it means its tested by time. Just give us a straight answer

[@CatManDoom84]

religion/god "works" for people. But dare you question it lol

[@killerinstinctwithringgene713]

Everyone who got benefits are stupid, don't listen to them, take your 15th prescription pill today instead.

[@Syphong]

lol... they really deleted my previous comment even though all I wrote was something out from an imaginative fiction scenario. Did I hit the mark? Haha

[@mariecook622]

The gentleman would do well to read Eunice Ingram’s book. Of course reflexology restores health!

[@SidelongSuggestive]

No

[@zoso4269]

No. It does not work.

[@gabrielesimionato1210]

Short said, it's a scam.

[@kellykirkpatrick8978]

Is it now? Did you hear her say in the beginning of the video her job is to relax the patient have you ever had a foot massage? The effects on the body are huge relaxation is one of the keys to the body healing so for you to say it's a scam really makes no sense

[@SmallBallsBigSmell]

@@kellykirkpatrick8978its a scam

[@m.g.6917]

Scam

[@Joejoe-dk7ri]

Just relax your feet for a while . That's all the rest is bull shit

[@carolinekerr4597]

Biased!!