I'm not quite sure why you just want to reload the page. (Maybe you need a little more context), but you could just create a link on the page that will reload it like this:
<%= link_to "reload", root_path %>
This will simply display a link to root_path, you can redirect back to any page you are currently on by changing the second parameter in hel_link. For a list of routes, do "rake routes."
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