Further Reading

Sunday 3 April 2011

Understanding The Soul Of Foot Massage

Foot Massage or Reflexology as it is sometimes known has it origins in China and has been around for more than 3,000 years and is normally used to help prevent or cure many different ailments that affect us.However there is some possible evidence (cave drawings in Egypt) that foot massage dates as far back as Ancient Egyptian times. The principles of foot massage involves the meridian network which connects all the tissues, organs and cells in a persons body and each organ in the body is connected to a specific area (reflex point) on the foot through the 300 nerves that run around the body. A Reflexogolist (Foot Masseur) is trained to place pressure on these different meridians (energy lines) in either the sole or side of a person’s foot and determine what is causing their particular illness and then carrying out the necessary treatment to rectify it.By applying pressure to these reflex points on a person’s foot a Reflexogolist is able to stimulate the activity of a person’s internal organs as well as improve both the circulation of blood and lymph’s around the body....read more...