ART – Advanced Reflexology Techniques

Anthony Porter, the Director of ART training, started his career as a massage therapist in 1972 and was interested particularly in the work of two therapists, and their books. These concentrated on trigger points, or reflexes, as we know them in reflexology terms.

During his work he found many trigger points on the body and noticed that particularly those on the feet were powerful in alleviating a number of symptoms. He started using these trigger points on every massage he did with some amazing results. At this time Anthony had very little knowledge of reflexology, but after a chance meeting with an osteopath, Arthur Pauls, he read Stories the Feet Can Tell by Eunice Ingham, which is of course the best known of all Reflexology books. From then on his life took a different route.

ART works directly on the reflexes in the feet. This can be painful, and although not pleasant in some cases, the treatment is very powerful and can make an immediate difference to the patient. The pain does not last a long time and most patients can feel what is often described as ‘sweet pain’ although it is not pleasant, it feels good!

In my practise I tend to incorporate ART into my standard treatment. Sometimes patients notice, sometimes they don’t! On occasion I have worked with very poorly people and worked through a body system with all ART. Although the treatment is not as relaxing and sleep inducing as my standard reflexology, it is a shorter treatment and much more powerful.

It is particularly useful for patients suffering very unpleasant symptoms that are hindering their life...a bad headache for instance. It can be fitted in to a busy day, so a lunch break could be used for people who are too busy to take time off. It can be used to help those that are very ill, and need some very powerful help to get them back on their feet. In this situation I would only give ART if I knew that the patient would be going straight to bed after the treatment.

If you would like to know more about ART and/or Anthony Porter, his web site is www.artreflex.com, or feel free to get in touch with me.