Foot and massage

Making a foot massage is a very ancient gesture. It seems that already the Egyptians contemplated figures dedicated to this type of activity. But it is the Chinese who refine the art of massage and to specialize the foot as a reflexology area from which to start to restore the balance of the whole body. In the foot, in fact, we find all the nerve endings that lead back to the whole organism. Through a map, a precise point is identified on which to intervene and acts on a distant point. This is plantar reflexology. An almost specialist approach.

But the feet can receive less refined attention. The feet are a delicate, precious structure, fundamental for a good quality of life, which is subjected to inevitable daily overload. They therefore deserve to be the object of attention and to be treated with care. The existence of reflex reactions to a contact is not only the subject of reliable reports by doctors, but a very common banal experience. A nice warm bath, a good foot massage are always followed by a very pleasant and relaxing sensation.

Foot massage

Foot massage is the subject of a famous dialogue in the film Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino. Let's see how to do a simple foot massage.

It is good to heat the environment around us. Then take a towel and spread it on a soft surface such as an armchair. Equip yourself with a moisturizing oil or inquire about some specific foot massage lotion. Heat the oil in your hands by rubbing them and spreading it over the entire foot, massaging it, starting from the fingers and reaching the ankles, with energetic and long-lasting movements. Insist at least one minute on each finger, making circular movements. On the plant, instead, insist on those bones that go from the fingers to the heel . Another suggested movement is to rub your feet up and down in your hands.

As for the arch of the foot, it should be massaged with the knuckles of the hand, then move to the palm reaching the fingers. The upper part of the foot, the neck, is massaged slowly until it reaches the lower end of the calf, making circular movements around the ankles . Finally stretch the foot, stretching it, bending the fingers backwards.