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Autumn 2013
When
? they had the participants received reflexology
higher pain thresholds and
digesttherapy
tolerances than when they received the
pretend TENS treatment. Reflexology resulted
in 40% less pain and people could withstand
it for about 45% longer.
Publishing their work in Complementary
Therapies in Clinical Practice, the authors
suggest that reflexology could complement
conventional treatments for painful
conditions such as osteoarthritis.
“As we predicted, reflexology decreased pain
sensations,” says Carol Samuel who led the
study. “It is likely that reflexology works