What is Foot Reflexology
Everybody loves a good foot rub. But did you know foot massage dates back to ancient Egypt and China? That’s right, over 5,000 years ago our ancestors were rubbing each others feet. In the late 1800s, Europeans invented reflexology: applying pressure to a person’s feet (or hands) in order to affect a physical change to the body. Placement of pressure is based on a system of zones and reflex areas that correspond to other parts of the body.
The benefits of foot massage are endless – not to mention it feels downright great! Although there are no “hard facts” to prove what a foot massage can really do, practitioners and patients alike claim that reflexology can:
The benefits of foot massage are endless – not to mention it feels downright great! Although there are no “hard facts” to prove what a foot massage can really do, practitioners and patients alike claim that reflexology can:
- Cure colds/minor ailments
- Prevent/cure diseases
- Increase energy
- Relieve stress, pain, and anxiety
- Improve blood and lymph circulation
- Prevent injury
- Relieve pain from MS and chemotherapy
- Stimulate activity of internal organs
- Successfully treat liver dysfunction, constipation, IBS, chronic headaches, and skin allergies
- Relieve pressure on legs and feet in pregnant women
30 minutes $45
Think about how much stress your feet go through each day. No body part is more abused than your feet. Treatment begins with hot towel wrap then reflexology treatment from ankles down to soles and ends with a nutrient-rich cream.
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60 minutes $100With more time, this goes from treatment to Ahh-mazing. It will begin and end the same as the 30 minute, with the additional time you have the choice to add legs, or head and neck, or back massage.
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90 minutes $150This is the ultimate sole indulgence. The treatment will begin with a salt or sugar scrub, your choice, followed by reflexology and lower leg massage and close with nutrient-rich cream and hot towel wrap and back massage.
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