Reflexology: Panacea or Placebo?

Hylton Menz's 2012 article in The Conversation, written by a professor and senior research fellow at La Trobe University, reviews the evidence for reflexology and notes that the wall painting in the tomb of Ankhmahor at Saqqara is often cited as an early depiction of the practice, while adding that it is unclear whether the image shows reflexology or ordinary massage. Its strength is that it is written by a specialist in the relevant health research field for a publication that requires academic authorship and editorial review. Its limit is that it is a short opinion and explainer piece rather than a peer-reviewed research article, so a claim resting on a specific clinical finding should be checked against the primary studies it summarizes rather than this piece alone.