Self help reflexology versus having someone work on you


Because the brain is interested in novel information, it tends to discount sensations that result directly from our own actions, such as when we touch one part of our body with another.

"Our senses are constantly inundated with information from which the brain must select the most important in order to guide our behavior. Because the brain is interested in novel information, it tends to discount sensations that result directly from our own actions, such as when we touch one part of our body with another. It has been suggested that a brain mechanism predicts these sensory signals in advance and attenuates them before they reach awareness. This may explain, for example, why the sensation of tickling yourself feels so much weaker than that of someone else tickling you." Source: Cell Press http://www.physorg.com/news4624.html

People have always commented that they would much rather have someone else apply reflexology then doing it themselves. Now there maybe scientific research in the value of having reflexology applied to you.

Would I abandon self help reflexology? No, because even though the response maybe weaker there is still a response. And you have access to yourself more of the time. Quantity versus quality isn't the question. It is the accumulated effect of both signals on your nervous system.

The absolute best combination is to do both.

All the best, 
Kevin Kunz
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Posted: Fri - August 5, 2005 at 07:45 AM        

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