Foot massages contain multiple health benefits
The applying of pressure on specific points of the feet (reflexology) can ease symptoms of various ailments and assists in improving and maintaining healthy organ functioning.
Giving yourself a massage (or someone else giving it to you) is said to be the best technique for relaxation, while also providing positive effects on overall health.
“Massaging improves metabolism, stimulates the secretion of sweat, mobilises fat, improves blood flow and accelerates the flow of blood through the tissue,” explained Time for Natural Health Care. “Massaging is also beneficial when it comes to beauty of the skin, because it makes it supple and healthy.”
The site explained that massaging also helps eliminate lactic acid, facilitates digestion and affects the muscles stretch and relax reflex.
The applying of pressure on specific points of the feet (reflexology) can ease symptoms of various ailments and assists in improving and maintaining healthy organ functioning.
Time for Natural Health Care recommended massaging your feet every night before going to bed. The treatment will be most effective if the massage lasts from 10 to 15 minutes.
“A large number of nerve endings are concentrated on the soles, and opposite ends of those same nerves are spread in all other parts of the body. Accordingly, feet represent a map of the whole body. When you massage them, you actually stimulate them as well as other parts of the body. This is why it is said that feet play an important role in our nervous system. In fact, the massage is very specific pressing your thumbs on the precise points. Firmly press for a few seconds, and then move on to the next point,” explained the site.
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