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Jo-Ann N. Meza
Jo-Ann is an Ingham Method Reflexologist
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109 Brookfield, CT 06804
203/775-5555
Reflexology can be effective at helping treat:
- Stress and Anxiety
- Migraines and Headaches
- Fertility Problems
- Pregnancy Ailments
- Hormonal Imbalances
- Fatigue, Sleep Problems
- Digestive Problems
- Depression, Sports Injuries
- Allergies ... and much more" Feel free to contact us to get more details.
Who am I?
I am a Certified Ingham Method Reflexologist, having completed my State of Connecticut certification in October 2008.
I have completed 200 hours of clinical instruction from a Master Instructor of Reflexology at the
International Institute of Reflexology.
This education includes a deep knowledge of:
Anatomy and physiology of all body parts
Understanding disorders and how to apply this knowledge during a Reflexology session
Practical application of the Ingham method
100 hours of documentation of study cases
Hand Reflexology
While Reflexology is not meant to diagnose or treat any specific condition for which a medical doctor, chiropractir,
or physical therapist license is required, it does enhance the body’s own self-healing power in a safe and natural way.
Reflexology is not a luxury, but rather an alternative and unique holistic modality.
It is my desire to work with those who are looking for an alternative or preventative approach to better health.
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Relexology
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Reflexology is the science that deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the feet
and hands which
correspond to all of the glands, organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumbs
and fingers on these reflex areas. This encourages relaxation, circulation,
renewed energy and system detoxification. It helps to harmonize your body. It can
have a positive effect on your health in many ways and is suitable for people of all ages. It is a powerful
preventative therapy & also promotes a deep sense of relaxation.
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Relexology
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Reflexology is the science that deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the feet
and hands which
correspond to all of the glands, organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumbs
and fingers on these reflex areas. This encourages relaxation, circulation,
renewed energy and system detoxification. It helps to harmonize your body. It can
have a positive effect on your health in many ways and is suitable for people of all ages. It is a powerful
preventative therapy & also promotes a deep sense of relaxation.
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About Reflexology
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Certified Ingham Method Reflexologist
Reflexology is the science that deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the feet
and hands which
correspond to all of the glands, organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumbs
and fingers on these reflex areas. This encourages relaxation, circulation,
renewed energy and system detoxification. It helps to harmonize your body. It can
have a positive effect on your health in many ways and is suitable for people of all ages. It is a powerful
preventative therapy & also promotes a deep sense of relaxation.
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Relexology
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Reflexology is the science that deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the feet
and hands which
correspond to all of the glands, organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumbs
and fingers on these reflex areas. This encourages relaxation, circulation,
renewed energy and system detoxification. It helps to harmonize your body. It can
have a positive effect on your health in many ways and is suitable for people of all ages. It is a powerful
preventative therapy & also promotes a deep sense of relaxation.
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Contact information
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Certified Ingham Method Reflexologist
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109
Brookfield, CT 06804
phone: 203/775-5555
Sport & Wellness
17-27 Starr Road
Danbury, CT 06810
phone: 203-743-7676
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Appointments
Jo-Ann N. Meza
I am currently taking appointments from Monday to Friday at the two locations
given in the contacts page.
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Reflexology
Reflexology is the science that deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the feet
and hands which
correspond to all of the glands, organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumbs
and fingers on these reflex areas. This encourages relaxation, circulation,
renewed energy and system detoxification. It helps to harmonize your body. It can
have a positive effect on your health in many ways and is suitable for people of all ages. It is a powerful
preventative therapy & also promotes a deep sense of relaxation.
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Works with reflex areas in the
feet and hands
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What is reflexology?
Reflexology is the science that deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the feet
and hands which
correspond to all of the glands, organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumbs
and fingers on these reflex areas. This encourages relaxation, circulation,
renewed energy and system detoxification. It helps to harmonize your body. It can
have a positive effect on your health in many ways and is suitable for people of all ages. It is a powerful
preventative therapy & also promotes a deep sense of relaxation which helps to
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What is reflexology? - Continued
Reflexology clears away blockages in the flow of energy around the body, which helps to:
 Reduce stress & tension,
Improve circulation,
Alleviate pain,
Balance the nervous system,
Boost the lymphatic function,
Stimulate a sluggish and congested system,
Improve sleeping & vitality,
Detoxify & cleanse the body,
Improve skin tone & condition,
Promote self-healing
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Benefits
Both Byers and Christopher Shirley, director of the
Pacific Institute of Reflexology, describe
reflexology as facilitating improved blood supply to the organs in the corresponding
areas of the body. This can facilitate optimal physiological functioning. Rather than dangerous,
the effects of reflexology to the ankles may actually reduce the occurrence of miscarriage by
helping nurture a healthy maternal environment and supporting the developing fetus.
The balancing and harmonizing qualities of reflexology will enhance the woman's own self
regulating mechanisms. Reflexology may give a boost of energy and tip a woman into labor
if her body was already prepared to birth, but cannot induce labor otherwise.
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Does it work with ... ?
Reflexology is also very effective complement to other natural health therapies
such as chiropractir care.
By stimulating and applying pressure to the feet or hands, you are increasing circulation and
promoting specific bodily and muscular functions. Reflexology is an integrated natural therapy,
which works on the hands and feet to help heal the whole person and not just the prevailing symptoms.
Reflexology integrates well with medicines to help them work more efficiently in the body. For example,
it can facilitate more effective chiropractic adjustments that hold for longer. Reflexology complements
massage and other physical therapies by reducing stress and tension in the
glands and organs of the body,
and, by relieving stress from parts of the body that re too painful to be directly worked such as
whiplash.
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Contact information
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109 Brookfield, CT 06804
phone: 203/775-5555
Sport & Wellness
17-27 Starr Road
Danbury, CT 06810
phone: 203-743-7676
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Contact information
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109 Brookfield, CT 06804
phone: 203/775-5555
Sport & Wellness
17-27 Starr Road
Danbury, CT 06810
phone: 203-743-7676
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Contact information
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109 Brookfield, CT 06804
phone: 203/775-5555
Sport & Wellness
17-27 Starr Road
Danbury, CT 06810
phone: 203-743-7676
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Contact information
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109 Brookfield, CT 06804
phone: 203/775-5555
Sport & Wellness
17-27 Starr Road
Danbury, CT 06810
phone: 203-743-7676
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Contact information
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109 Brookfield, CT 06804
phone: 203/775-5555
Sport & Wellness
17-27 Starr Road
Danbury, CT 06810
phone: 203-743-7676
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Contact information
Jo-Ann N. Meza
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109 Brookfield, CT 06804
phone: 203/775-5555
Sport & Wellness
17-27 Starr Road
Danbury, CT 06810
phone: 203-743-7676
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Pregnancy
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Reflexology has also been, at times, labeled as dangerous during pregnancy. Dwight Byers, director of the
International Institute of Reflexology, is emphatic that massage cannot stimulate the uterine and ovarian
reflexology zones, and that reflexology itself applied to these zones will not stimulate miscarriage or
preterm contractions.
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Jo-Ann N. Meza
Contact information
Brookfield Health & Injury Center, LLC
304 Federal Road - Suite 109 Brookfield, CT 06804
phone: 203/775-5555
Sport & Wellness
17-27 Starr Road
Danbury, CT 06810
phone: 203-743-7676
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Does it hurt?
If the correct technique and pressure are used, treatment will not do harm,
and there are very few cases when reflexology treatment is not appropriate.
Following treatment, it is possible in some instances for certain ‘healing reactions’
to occur, such as streaming nose (if there is sinus congestion) or increased bowel and
bladder activity. These reactions will only be short term and will occur only after the
first few treatments.
After treatment, many people feel tired, though others may feel quite
energized, and often people report how well they sleep.
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Treatments
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For most conditions, a course of treatment is required — typically once a week for between
three and six weeks.
After three treatments, some response should be seen; in some cases there may already be a great improvement,
whereas in others it may take longer. In many cases people have a course of treatment from which they benefit and
then decide to continue at intervals of, for example, every four or six weeks in order to
maintain good health and
to try to prevent other problems from arising.
An additional benefit of treatment is the relaxation effect. However, a wide range of disorders can be
helped by reflexology, including problems such as migraines, sinus congestion, backache, digestive disorders,
hormonal imbalances, and circulatory problems. Reflexology does not claim to be able to cure all disorders,
but there are very many instances where treatment can be of great benefit.
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How is it done?
During a reflexology treatment, massage using the side and tip of the thumb will be used on
each of the reflex areas. A firm but not heavy pressure is applied to the area, the pressure
held for a moment or so and then, released. If the part of the body corresponding to the reflex
area is out of balance then a degree of tenderness will be felt in the foot when pressure is applied.
In some areas there may be a sharp feeling and in others a slight pain, but these feelings should
never be very uncomfortable; in areas corresponding to parts of the body that are in balance,
then just the feeling of pressure will occur.
Treatment to all of the reflex areas in both feet will take about one hour
and during this time the patient
will be sitting in a comfortable, reclining position with the feet raised.
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Some History
Reflexology is a form of complementary therapy that involves treating the body through the
feet.
It is based on the premise that there are reflex areas in the feet which relate to all the body parts
and that therefore the whole body can be treated through the feet.
The arrangement of these reflex areas
is such that a map of the body is described on the foot, with the right foot corresponding to the right
side of the body and the left foot to the left side of the body. A system of longitudinal energy zones is
believed to provide the link between the reflex areas and the body parts.
The body is divided into ten zones,
with each zone linking the fingers up to the head and down the body to the toes; for example zone 1 is in
line with the big toe and thumb on each side, zone 2 in line with the second toe and second finger, and
zone 5 in line with the little toe and fifth finger. The zones were first described by an American,
Dr William Fitzgerald, in the early 1900s. Fitzgerald had become interested
in various pressure
therapies whilst studying in Europe and described a method called Zone Therapy based on his findings
from work dating back to the 1500s. It is probable that reflexology had been known for many years,
originating in China, and there is evidence dating back to 2500 BC in Egypt, where a
tomb drawing shows one man treating another man's foot by applying pressure with the thumb.
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Reflexology
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Reflexology is the science that deals with the principle that there are reflex areas in the feet
and hands which
correspond to all of the glands, organs and parts of the body. Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumbs
and fingers on these reflex areas. This encourages relaxation, circulation,
renewed energy and system detoxification. It helps to harmonize your body. It can
have a positive effect on your health in many ways and is suitable for people of all ages. It is a powerful
preventative therapy & also promotes a deep sense of relaxation.
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