THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING CERTAIN COMBINED REFLEX MASSAGE METHODS IN TREATING FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION

Abstract

Constipation being today a highly encountered condition, with disagreeable symptoms and important consequences, we need to find the most effective and quick methods of treatment. We tried to identify, among the worldwide used, but not anymore in our country, massage methods, the ones that could be effective in treating constipation, and I concluded that the experimented reflex massage methods (Grossi, Teirich-Leube, Kohlrausch, vertebral reflexology) have proven their effectiveness.