Professional foot massage can not only have a relaxing effect, but also serve as a correction method. Carrying out this procedure at home regularly, you can establish blood circulation, bring the muscles to their desired tone. Moreover, the use of therapeutic and prophylactic ointments and creams during the procedure allows you to increase its effectiveness and ensures faster penetration of active enzymes in the necessary areas.
Massage assistants
Currently, many different tools have been invented that make foot massage more effective.
Mechanical devices include wooden balls designed to work with the feet, a massager with balls, which allows you to work with the lower leg from the ankles upward. In addition, there are various massage tapes made of wood and other natural fibers. In order for them to begin to have a relaxing effect, it is quite enough to take such a tape and massage the desired area for several minutes.
It is also possible to use various electronic devices. For example, a vibro massager. It has a healing effect on blood vessels and blood circulation, which means it is struggling with a problem such as cellulite. Pneumatic massage works similarly to the effects of cans. With it, you can increase the number of fully functioning capillaries, it increases muscle tone.
How to do leg massage
It should begin to be done with the foot. There are many
active points, so their stimulation will help to affect the entire body. First of all, immerse them in a bath in which there is water with added salt. After that, the feet are wiped, massaged using a cream. After this procedure, you can proceed directly to the massage action.
We start with the fingers: it is necessary to work with each separately. Then we gradually move to the upper part of the foot, while making light circular movements to the ankles. There is a small amount of muscle in the knee area, so leg massage should be more gentle in this area. Patting, energetic pressure is applied to the upper thigh. It should be noted that the pressure should increase as the hands move upward. This leads to improved blood circulation and has a drainage effect on the lymph.
Thai foot massage has the basic techniques - pressure and rubbing. They too
have a therapeutic effect and can be used at home. First, the foot is rubbed with up and down movements, then pressure is applied to it with the fist of the right, then the left hand. The thumb and forefinger are pulled and massaged by the toes: they are crushed and rubbed. The final phase is stroking the palms in the area of the feet.
Of course, foot massage has contraindications. It is not recommended to carry it out to those people who have injuries, tuberculosis, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, osteoporosis and some other ailments.