Foot Massage Tips

Series Summary

Massages and massage therapy can be extremely beneficial and relaxing for many people who have chronic muscle pain or simply need to relax and reduce stress. Massage is a treatment where soft body tissues are manipulated for physical, functional and therapeutic goals, and was developed in many ancient cultures. Today, massage therapy is used in a variety of ways, including pain relief, increasing the health of patients with a variety of diseases, and increasing mental health. It has also been show to increase flexibility, lower blood pressure, and stimulate the immune system.

In this free video series, our expert will show you how to give foot massages. You will get step by step instructions for warming up the foot for a massage, massaging each foot muscle group and massaging foot nerves. You will also learn how foot massage can affect other parts of the body like the neck, shoulders, lungs and stomach, and how to do certain massages to help problems in these areas. If you are interested in massage therapy for the feet, or simply want to be able to give a killer foot massage, let our expert show you the tips and techniques you need to become an experienced foot masseuse.

Video Transcript

"Hi and welcome to Expert Village. This series is on massage therapy. My name is Alexon Roy and I will be your therapist for today. I have been doing massage therapy now for 8 years. I studied in Englewood, New Jersey and I have a license in New York, California and Atlanta, Georgia, as well as New Jersey. And what we are going to focus on today is the foot of all things. I will explain why the foot. We will talk about different muscles and different things that go on with the foot and then we will go into reflexology which is probably the most widely used modality used when working on the foot. If you feel any, any type of pain or discomfort or cramping in your foot, it is most likely due to the fact that there is not that much, that many muscles in your feet and you might be going through dehydration or lack of circulation or something like that. So, we are going to try to do what we can to relieve any type of tension in your feet and just stay tuned."