FOOT MASSAGE : THERAPY
You’re trying to tell me every organ of my body correlates to a certain part of my foot? Rub your soles in the place, which relates to an ailing body part, and hey presto, problem’s solved?
Do me a favour! Reflexology may sound like a load of old cobblers but one woman truly believes that the medicinal and spiritual benefits of a foot rub can help free modern man of all his trappings.
Tight shoulders
Get the recipient in a comfortable position lying down and embrace all the toes in one light grip. From here rotate both ways. This action will loosen up any tension in the neck or shoulders while allowing energy to flow back into the trouble spots, aiding movement.
Panic attacks
Place your thumbs on the solar plexus reflex, which is the slight hollow in your sole, just beneath the balls of the feet. Apply slight pressure and hold for as long as required. This is excellent for extreme stress, intense anxiety or panic. It may also help with asthma attacks or hyperventilation.
Stiff joints
Place palms flat against the recipient’s soles and push up towards their body. Then push from the tops of the feet down. Press your hands across your feet, fingers curled over the inside arches and gently twist feet so soles face one another, move the other way and finish off by rotating.
Headache
Get the recipient to lie flat on their back, embrace the big toe and gently pull. It supposedly relieves spinal reflexes and eases any head, back or neck complaints. By straightening the whole body this toe-pulling technique eases overall tension and releases trapped or pinched nerves.
Backache
Gently caress the bony ridge along the inside edge of your foot. This is the spinal reflex. From the tip of your big toe to the base of your inside ankle bone, drag the heel of your hand back and forth lightly on the return but slightly harder on the forward stroke each time.
Lethargy
Rubbing the soles of one’s feet, especially first thing in the morning with a sponge or any foot scrubber, as vigorously as you can possibly endure, will wake up the body and revitalise a tired mind. This is a great way to refresh for a day’s work, getting you off on the right foot.
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