TY - BOOK AU - Neveen Makrm Abdelrahman AU - Nesreen Ghareeb Mohamed Elnahas , AU - Yasser Abdelhameid , AU - Zahra Mohamed Hassan Serry , TI - Effect of reflexology on essential hypertension / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Neveen Makrm Abdelrahman , KW - Hypertension KW - Reflexology KW - Systolic N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics disorders; Issued also as CD N2 - It had been found that health care professionals and patients with chronic disease had increased their use of complementary therapies to help relieve uncomfortable symptoms and suffering . Reflexology is a well - known complementary therapy which claimed to help the body achieve homeostasis . It is believed that pressing specific areas on the feet related to specific glands or organs of the body can help these glands and organs to function at their peak allowing the body to heal itself ER -