Reflexotherapy is a complex of techniques based on the use for therapeutic purposes of various physical factors affecting certain point areas of the body surface (acupuncture points).
The effectiveness of reflexotherapy depends on the careful establishment of the place (micro zone) of the greatest concentration of common receptor devices of the skin and the corresponding segments of the internal organs and muscles associated with them. Such areas of the skin are already well-known in medicine zones of hyperesthesia of Zakharin-Ged, the so-called pain and diagnostic points of Erb, Cornelius, Dahl, etc.
An important task is to choose a rational method and an adequate method of influencing points. Reflexotherapy is used not only as an independent treatment, but also in combination with other types of therapy. Reflexotherapy is a powerful therapeutic tool in the system of rehabilitation measures for patients. The sanatorium uses the following reflexotherapy methods of treatment: acupuncture, surface reflexotherapy, vacuum reflexotherapy, local decompression according to R.V. Beleda, electropuncture reflexotherapy (with devices AXON-02, STIMULUS, DELTA-102).
Indications for use
Reflexotherapy is often used for encylophapathy, neuroses, headaches, vegetative dystonia syndrome, neuritis and depression.
Contraindications
This procedure is contraindicated in Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, the consequences of spinal cord and brain injuries, mental disorders, epilepsy and oncopathology of the nervous system.
