Today’s world is a stress inflicted world. People find it hard to cope with the rising pressure and stress induced by their long working hours. So there is a need to find different ways to let go of this daily agony of people and find a regular source of rejuvenation. One such very effective method is foot reflexology. As it can be seen, the word reflexology is synonymous with the word relief. Therefore, a session of foot reflexology regularly after some time can be bliss to a stressed out person.
Benefits of foot reflexology are:
- Improves blood circulation: When a person gets his feet massaged by another person, it promotes healthy blood flow in his body. Increased blood circulation not only improves positivity by lowering stress, but also prevents many health problems.
- Relief from various ailments: In foot reflexology, specific pressure points are pressed by doing massage on the feet, which releases blocked energy from specific areas of the feet, this blocked energy being the cause of the pain. Every pressure point is connected to an organ. When the point is pressed, ailments in its corresponding organs get treated.
- Helps prevent foot injuries: Reflexology reduces muscle soreness in the body. It also helps in fixing joint problems like arthritis and in reducing the pains of past ankle injuries. A flexible and strong ankle even prevents occurrence of foot injuries.
- Balance between mind and body: Reflexologists help maintain the state of homeostasis, which is perfect balance between mind and body of a person, which helps the body to run smoothly. All the organs, glands and muscles should work well with perfect coordination, which is a task well supported by foot reflexology.
- Helps people with flat feet: Some people do not have a perfect arch in the sole of their feet. It can lead to pains in feet only some time after starting physical activity. Some people even face pains due to deteriorated connective tissue supporting the arch of the foot- called plantar fasciitis. Foot reflexology acts as a preventive measure and a cure to these problems.
- Helps with headaches and migraines: A study shows that people who get reflexology treatment along with their medical treatments for headache or migraines, are more likely to get a speedy recovery than those who don’t.
- Lower blood pressure: High blood pressure is quite common these days due to stress among working men and women. A short foot massage session, three times a week leads to better mood, lesser anxiety levels and lower blood pressure among people.
Thus, stress is lowered to a great extent by regular foot reflexology.
