Reflexología en el embarazo y como terapia alternativa en el parto

• Laura Villada Prieto ^[1] ; Yolanda Piñero Sánchez ^[1]
  1. [1] Distrito Sanitario Costa del Sol. Málaga
• Localización: Enfermería Docente, ISSN-e 2386-8678, Nº. 105, 2016, págs. 49-55
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen
  • español

    El empleo de la medicina alternativa y complementaria es un tema de debate en los últimos años. Dentro de esta medicina alternativa encontramos la reflexología, entendida como una terapia practicada como tratamiento en la cual las plantas de los pies son masajeadas para estimular el aporte de sangre y los nervios y así aliviar la tensión. A muchas mujeres les gustaría evitar los métodos farmacológicos o invasivos de alivio de dolor en el trabajo de parto. Esta revisión tiene como objetivo demostrar que la reflexología puede ayudar a las mujeres embarazadas a mejorar los síntomas producidos por alteraciones durante la gestación y que puede ser útil para disminuir la intensidad del dolor, así como, la duración del trabajo de parto.

  • English

    The use of complementary and altemative medicine has attracted a debate in recent years. We find reflexology as alternative medicine understood as a form of therapy practised as a treatment ín which the soles of the feet are massaged: designed to stimulate the blood supp/y and nerves and thus relieve tension. Many women would líke to avoid pharmaco/ogical or invasive methods of pain management in labour. This review aims to show that reflexo/ogy may help pregnant women to improve symptoms caused by alterations during pregnancy and can be useful to decrease the pain intensity as we/1 as duration of /abour.

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