What's the feeling of foot massage?

Foot massage is a massage method to achieve therapeutic and health care effects by stimulating plantar acupuncture points. For people who lack exercise and are overworked, proper foot massage has a good conditioning and improvement effect on health, so many people like to use foot massage to achieve health care effect.

But many people don't know what the specific benefits of massaging the soles of the feet are, and they don't know what to pay attention to when massaging the soles of the feet. Let's have a look.

What are the benefits of massaging the soles of your feet?

First, relax.

When the body is overworked and tired, you can massage the soles of your feet properly. Human internal organs have a reflex zone on the soles of feet. Foot massage can dredge the meridians in the body and achieve the effect of relieving fatigue. At the same time, when massaging the soles of the feet, the whole person is in a relaxed state, which is very good for regulating body and mind and relieving muscle soreness.

Second, accelerate blood circulation.

Regular foot massage will accelerate local vasodilation, promote blood circulation, improve metabolism, not only stimulate the heart to improve hematopoietic capacity, but also promote detoxification and effectively improve the pallor caused by deficiency of qi and blood.

Third, improve sleep.

If you have sleep problems, you can treat them by foot massage, which can promote oxygen supply to the brain, improve the function of brain nerves and tissues, and achieve the effect of treating insomnia. And when you massage the soles of your feet, you can relax your body and mind and help you sleep.

Fourth, lose weight.

Massage the soles of the feet every day can promote the blood circulation of the whole body, promote the decomposition of fat in the body and quickly excrete it. It can not only help the body detoxify, but also burn excess fat. When massaging, it is better to take the sole of the foot as the center, and the massage intensity is slightly heavier, with the sole feeling slight pain as the degree. This massage technique can not only eliminate fatigue, but also accelerate fat burning.

Five, improve the cold hands and feet

Massage the soles of the feet also has the function of strengthening yang and enhancing immunity. In the process of massage, the blood circulation of the soles of the feet will be accelerated, and the temperature of the soles of the feet will also rise accordingly, thus promoting blood circulation, reducing the load on the heart and improving the coldness of hands and feet.

What are the precautions for massaging the soles of the feet?

People with wounds on their feet should not massage the soles of their feet, because in the process of massage, they will squeeze into the wounds, which is not conducive to wound healing. In addition, people with bleeding symptoms, such as hematochezia, cerebral hemorrhage, uterine bleeding, visceral bleeding and so on. No foot massage is allowed.

Women with acute myocardial infarction, nephropathy, liver disease and lung disease are not allowed to do foot massage during physiological period and pregnancy. When massaging the soles of the feet, the intensity should not be too heavy, which may easily lead to subcutaneous injury, so the massage should be carried out from light to heavy.

To sum up, foot massage has a good health care effect on human health, which can not only relieve fatigue and relax body and mind, but also promote sleep, accelerate blood circulation, promote detoxification and help lose weight.

Soaking feet with hot water before massaging the soles of feet can double the health care effect. Do not massage for more than 40 minutes at a time, and do not massage on an empty stomach. It is best to massage the soles of your feet one hour after meals and add some water after the massage.