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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and...

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Reflexology Benefits for MG

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I am wondering if anyone has tried Reflexology, which is a foot massage (or hand or face - but usually foot) where pressure points are massaged. These pressure points correspond to each part of the body and usually a pain in a certain spot on the foot/hand/face indicates a problem area in the body.
I have been having treatments since spring of last year, off and on for a while, until just recently regularly since January.
I have to say that when my symptoms are really bad, a session would completely revive me and I would be almost symptom free right after, sometimes even the next day. For example when I had bad double vision, as soon as my session was over I opened my eyes and my vision was Problem Free. Incredible Stuff.
I also have some Self-Help tools that I use at home that are great in between sessions, or if you don't have a budget for these massages than you can learn about where certain pressure points are and work on them on your own.

I have this great Reflexology Stick for the hands - always get a boost of energy and improved vision when I squeeze it a few times. It's got these points that get into the pressure points.

Actually I'm doing a GIVEAWAY on my blog of one of these sticks.
Go visit : http://www.lifeologia.com/benefits-of-reflexology/
(just leave a comment to enter)

Here's a link for more information about Myasthenia Gravis and Reflexology: http://reflexologysuccess.com/articles-by-wendy/when-sole-meets-soul
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That was a very interesting article, thank you for posting the link. Long ago when I was a healthy young adult, I used to suffer from horrible migraines (bad car wreck). The only thing that would work for them was the shot at the hospital. A friend of mine was studying acupressure and reflexology, when he heard of my issues he would practice on me. He begged me to call him the next time a migraine hit before going to the hospital. I don't like wasting time when I'm in that much pain, but he had helped other stuff and was a good friend so I did call him first. Migraine gone in 7 minutes. Pretty good.
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Some people don't realize how much healing can be done through Reflexology. It's really worth a try or at least to learn some of the maps on our feet and hands and massage them ourselves.
I constantly work on my 'eyes' which are located at the bottom of the index and middle finger and same 2 toes on the feet. I see a big improvement. I also work on my spleen too.

I invite everyone to enter my GIVEAWAY on my blog - http://www.lifeologia.com/benefits-of-reflexology/

The Reflexology Stick I'm giving away is fantastic - when you press it a few times on the hands you hit all the pressure points. You can also place it on the floor and roll your feet on there too and it will help so much in relieving all kinds of symptoms from headaches, back pain, and MG weakness too.
Hope to see you there!
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I though this post could resurface again.... I'm still getting my Reflexology treatments and using my reflexology mat. The treatment is going very well - as I no longer have double vision (I've had that for over 6 months and it's improved so much that I no longer experience it). Has anyone had treatments? If not, and you don't have a budget for massages - you know you can learn the reflexology map and give yourself treatments. Also, the reflexology mat I mentioned before is fantastic for getting those pressure points out.

I am actually doing a giveaway for the reflexology mat on my blog. It's value is $50. Enter for your chance to win it. You will love it.

http://www.lifeologia.com/summer-giveaway/
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