Reflexology anyone?

AlphaBravo said:
It did not work nothing for my back. So off to the surgeon who said no prob dude, come in next week and I'll fuse the three vertabrates together and your problem is solved, me not being keen on beign cut open and fused then went to the physio. She recommended some stretching excersises and more needles and voila...problem solved and I'm back on the squash court.

So much cheaper than the surgeon wanting to cut me open. Yes, I'm sure his method would have done the job, but the physio worked better.
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Am I the only one that sees something that looks like an attempt to compare physiotherapy to reflexology?
 
Serqet said:
Hi,

So recently my friend went to a reflexologist and the lady pinpointed exactly what was wrong with her. She had an overactive thyroid and high cholestrol. She went for a blood test and turns out the woman was bang on the money.

I'm thinking of going for it myself. Has anyone been? What was your experience like? Know of anyone you can refer me to?
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Thyroid and High Cholesterol being such common occurrences changes are someone knowing what to look for could simply spend 15 minutes with a person without doing anything at all and make a pretty good educated guess.

Doesn't mean the Reflexology had anything at all to do with it, maybe just the human interaction did.
 
HapticSimian said:
Have a read through Quackwatch's article on the subject if you're interested.
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Quackwatch :wtf:

It is common knowledge that Stephen Barrett has been Officially Declared by the US Court System, in a PUBLISHED Appeals Court Decision (NCAHF v King Bio), to be "Biased, and unworthy of credibility."

What that statement means, in layman's terms, simply, is that it is common knowledge that OFFICIALLY - NOTHING HE SAYS CAN BE LEGALLY RELIED UPON.
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In a Canadian lawsuit (see below) Barrett admitted to the following:

"The sole purpose of the activities of Barrett & Baratz are to discredit and cause damage and harm to health care practitioners, businesses that make alternative health therapies or products available, and advocates of non-allopathic therapies and health freedom."
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http://www.quackpotwatch.org/quackpots/quackpots/barrett.htm

His method of data selection is guided by the principle of not letting the facts interfere with his biased judgement of wholistic therapies. He is not known to have training in natural medicine, herbalism, chiropractic, ayurveda, yoga, acupuncture, homeopathy, or other alternative health care modalities, but nevertheless he dismisses all non allopathic practices as frauds. Giving his "expert" opinion concerning things that he demonstrates no expertise in, naturally, qualifies him as a master quack.
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http://www.altcpualumni.org/wholisticed/hartal2001.html
 
Nanfeishen said:
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Erm... to discredit and cause damage and harm to health care practitioners, businesses that make alternative health therapies or products available, and advocates of non-allopathic therapies and health freedom. is a pretty damn noble enterprise, frankly. But lulz at needing 'training' in ayurveda in order to call it a crock of ****!

:D

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And for balance, Barrett's own response to the clown you quote... Doesn't paint a pretty picture.

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The oke you quoted actually, really, honest-to-goodness says that:

And worse, the "double-blind study" is considered to be heinous, and was banned by world government during the Helsinki Accord in 1964.
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Oh. My. Sack. 'Banned'? By 'world government'? Seriously? Maybe you and he should both start by reading the relevant Wiki article.
 
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DJ... said:
I really don't think you know what reflexology actually is...:arm:
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Uhm, yeah I can see that I dwelled off point. O.K. reflexology might be a crock but surely you can condemn it only once you experienced it? Maybe reflex is a dying art in a modern society.
 
AlphaBravo said:
Uhm, yeah I can see that I dwelled off point. O.K. reflexology might be a crock but surely you can condemn it only once you experienced it? Maybe reflex is a dying art in a modern society.
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And maybe fairies are real and their farts cure cancer. Surely you can't dismiss it until you've tried it?
 
AlphaBravo said:
Uhm, yeah I can see that I dwelled off point. O.K. reflexology might be a crock but surely you can condemn it only once you experienced it? Maybe reflex is a dying art in a modern society.
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No. Your personal experiences count for next to nothing. You cannot form a reliable view of this universe based solely upon your subjective experiences.

Your own subjective experience can very easily be a total coincidence or your observation could be flawed because your mind and senses can indeed be tricked. Only through rigorous repeated investigations supporting one another can we reliably determine whether or not a claim is false, NOT through one single instance of personal experience. So yes you can indeed condemn it if you haven't experienced it for yourself.

The fact that I have to explain this demonstrates that we need better science education in school.
 
HapticSimian said:
Erm... to discredit and cause damage and harm to health care practitioners, businesses that make alternative health therapies or products available, and advocates of non-allopathic therapies and health freedom. is a pretty damn noble enterprise, frankly. But lulz at needing 'training' in ayurveda in order to call it a crock of ****!
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Yeah, I was thinking to myself "You say that like it's a bad thing...?"

HapticSimian said:
And for balance, Barrett's own response to the clown you quote... Doesn't paint a pretty picture.

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The oke you quoted actually, really, honest-to-goodness says that:



Oh. My. Sack. 'Banned'? By 'world government'? Seriously? Maybe you and he should both start by reading the relevant Wiki article.
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:erm::wtf: Bit of a nutter this one.

@Nanfeishen, why are you defending this nonsense? I recall your earlier post was about the effects of stress on the body. I don't think anyone would disagree with that, or that a less stressful body is a good thing, and that a decent massage would help with this. Problem is, reflexology isn't really marketed as stress-relief, is it?
 
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