Monthly Archives: August 2017
During a recent conversation I was affected by a comment a woman made regarding her friend with foot pain–Pitifully, she said, “She’s got that plantar fasciitis and so she’s resting until it gets better-” She spoke with an aire of deep concern as if her friend had caught a bad cold or contracted the measles. I asked if…..
The calf muscle and the heart.
According to Dr. Simon Wikler, MD, the calf muscle (primarily the gastrocnemius) can be considered the second heart of the body. In his decades of experience in working with feet he concluded that the gastrocnemius is anatomically designed to function as a pump when we walk and run which assists…..
What a delight to read Marilyn DeMartini’s review of Put Your Best Feet Forward. Her enthusiasm is just the emotion I hoped for! Thank you Marilyn!
There are various schools of thought and practice when it comes to the location of the spinal reflexes on the feet.
To answer this question appropriately we must view the feet as a microcosm (mini-map) of the body. It is popularly agreed by Reflexologists around the world that each foot represents one half of the body. The right foot is made up of reflexes that have connections to the right side of the body, and the left foot is comprised…..
