ABSTRACT

Reflexology is a therapy with a long and honourable history. It helps with many common conditions such as migraine, depression, back aches, menstrual disorders and oedema as well as the many conditions resulting from stress. Reflexology on an adult would average forty five minutes. However, for children the sequence has to be cut down to five to fifteen minutes, depending on circumstances. This chapter discusses Cameos of some of the children and the benefits that they obtained from the application of reflexology. Brian is a three-and-a-half year old child with impairments of both distance senses and cerebral palsy. Brian has a part time placement at a school for children with severe learning difficulties. Craig is four years and ten months old with cerebral palsy and impairments of both sight and hearing. Craig found the sessions calming and massaging his feet soon became a way of reducing his frustration and producing a smile.