WHATS IT’S HISTORY?
The art of reflexology dates back to Ancient Egypt, China and India where various pressure therapies were practised at least 5000 years ago. In 1913 Dr William Fitzgerald discovered that the reflex areas on the feet and hands were linked to other areas within a particular zone in the body. He introduced this therapy to the West and called it Zone Therapy. In the 1930s he taught the Zone Therapy to a massage therapist called Eunice Ingham. She developed the therapy further developing her own routine involving pressure points on the feet. She called her perfected method reflexology. Reflexology was further developed in the 1930s by Eunice Ingham. Reflexology was eventually introduced to the UK in the 1960s.