Elevating the Feet for Reflexology

Video Transcript

"Okay, we have finished washing off her feet, and we are going to dry them and then rest them on an elevated little stool or if you've got an ottoman. If you don't have any sort of smaller stool or chair, you can have the massage giver sitting on the floor (preferably on a pillow) and rest the client's feet on your knees. But it's always nice to have them elevated. It keeps the blood flow really even, otherwise all the blood rushes to your feet. So, we'll take out one foot at a time. Dry it off with a nice clean towel. Dry all the little spaces between the toes. If it is a particularly, really hot day, really humid, you can add a little bit of corn starch on your hands and sprinkle it on their feet and that will prevent any sort of sticking or any sort of excessive rubbing. Because you really want Reflexology to be on specific points, so that you can really be directive in which areas of the body you are targeting. So you want to get the feet nice and dry and elevated. And then we'll begin with some stretches to increase circulation, get the muscles and ligaments and nerves all warmed up and get blood flowing into them. And we'll go into our very targeted Reflexology massage. "