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The zones and divisions of the hands and feet according to contemporary reflexology are shown in figure 2.21 and plates 1 to 4. (Note that in the anatomical texts the person is depicted standing upright with the feet on the ground and the palmar surface of the hands are facing the front. In the zonal or reflexology position the body is depicted with the palmar surface of the hands facing towards the posterior part of the body. However, this is not adhered to in all representations of the zones.) The dorsum of the hand and foot represent the anterior surface of the body. The palmar surface of the hand and the plantar region of the foot depict the posterior portion of the body. Each numbered line represents the centre of its respective zone (see figure 2.21). There is considered to be an imaginary line showing the division between the anterior and posterior parts of the body. (Fitzgerald said this was so that when treating any of the viscera, it was usually preferable to treat both anterior and posterior zones simultaneously.)

Figure 2.21 The ten longitudinal zones on the hands and feet

The theory behind reflexology is that the feet and hands are not just the extremities at the end of our body; these appendicular organs are a somatic reproduction of the entire condition of the body. However, many books show the picture of the human body superimposed on just the foot or hand. This is to outline the need to know the location of the appropriate point for all the principal organs and glands so that they can have pressure applied on the correct area. The distal limbs are not usually shown other than where there is an area that is supposed to connect to the area to work on.

Figure 2.22 (a) The four curves of the spine represented on the foot. (b) The vertebrae and spinal nerves represented on the foot.