Reflexology has been practiced for the thousands of years in such places as China, Egypt and India. In North America, it was Dr. William Fitzgerald, an ear, nose and throat specialist, who first introduced 'zone therapy' around the early 1900s. His ideas were advanced by Eunice Ingham, a physiotherapist, who developed techniques and a body map of the foot, which later became known as reflexology. Today reflexology is increasingly becoming a popular form of natural therapy as it provides numerous benefits, particularly one of profound relaxation.