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A BRIEF HISTORY OF REFLEXOLOGY |
| Zone therapy, the underlining basis of Reflexology, was developed by William FitzGerald (considered the “father” of reflexology) in the 1900s, who taught Dr. Joe Shelby Riley D.C. He in turn taught Eunice Ingham (now known as the “mother” of modern reflexology), his Massage Therapist-Physical Therapist in the late 1930s. Ingham’s profound contribution to the field of reflexology separated work on the reflexes of the feet from Zone Therapy in general, first calling it Zone Therapy, then Compression Massage and finally Reflexology. She developed alternative pressure which she found stimulated healing. Ingham published 4 books. Her nephew Dwight Byers, continues her work through the International Institute of Reflexology. |