Early in the time I lived and worked in a lovely ski valley, I was asked to help an elderly man
who worked as a ski instructor. He obviously loved his job and was concerned that his
employers would make him take a leave or worse fire him because he was experiencing a spike in his blood pressure. The doctor who asked me to help him had also asked me to consider working in his office.

When the doctor asked me to help this gentleman, we talked about the fact that it was an
acute condition, so I said, “Be sure you tell him it will be quite uncomfortable.” I wanted the
client to know ahead of time that it would be uncomfortable because the reflex holds the
information which is released in the nervous system where the brain interprets the problem and sends healing energy to the area of injury or blockage he;ping things to move correctly. They were agreeable and I did the reflexology session using the clients feet, ankles and calves. It took about 45 minutes and his blood pressure normalized making him feel much better for that and, the fact that he would continue to work at the job he loved.

The next day the doctor and I talked and although he was happy that the man’s blood
pressure normalized, he was concerned that the man said it was painful. Since I had explained that before the session as well as the reasons for the discomfort, when the doctor asked if I could tone it down for working in his office, I explained that working in his office was not the right direction for me.Just in case you are thinking it was beginner’s luck, this is a story of 3 clients who had marked improvement in their blood pressure after each had a comprehensive reflexology session. A married couple and the wife’s sister had their sessions in the ski valley. During their sessions, I worked the kidney reflexes in the lower calf toward the back in the groove inside the achilles tendon. When they flew home they all were scheduled for yearly check ups with their doctors. When they had their blood pressure checked, each of them commented that the doctor was very impressed with how good the reading was and asked what they were doing to improve their life so much…