FOOT PRESSURE POINTS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOUR HEALTH

FOOT PRESSURE POINTS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOUR HEALTH

Pressure point is a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure. Although your feet do a lot of work, it is the least pampered part of your body. Your feet can be pampered by massaging it's pressure points, thereby reducing the chronic pain that could be felt around it.

 

Reflexology, also known as zone therapy is a therapeutic method of relieving pain and improving health throughout the entire body by stimulating pressure points that are found on the hands and feet. Stimulating those points with finger pressure promotes health in those organs and glands via the body’s energetic pathways.

Foot Pressure Points and the Foot Reflexology Chart.

Reflexology has a lot of benefits. It has the ability to stimulate nerve function, increase energy, boost circulation, boost metabolism, induce a deep state of relaxation, eliminate toxins, reduce stress, stimulate a central nervous system, prevent migraines, and treat urinary tract conditions.Reflexology is a type of massage that

speeds up recovery after an injury or surgery, reduces sleep disorders, and relieves depression and pain. Furthermore, it can help to ease the treatment of various types of cancer and even help to soothe the pain of pregnancy, even the one occurring after delivery.

 

Now you've known it is not a rumor that reflexology can benefit your health. The most interesting aspect of it is that it can be done by yourself without the help of a massage therapist. How do you go about that?  How can you find a pressure point? It's very simple, now I am going to show you how to find a pressure point and how to perform a simple foot massage. The first thing you are going to do is sit on a comfortable but solid chair. Lift up one foot and rest it on the knee of your opposite leg so that you can easily rub and massage the bottom of that foot. Make sure to keep your back straight and not to slouch.

Next, you need to take a look at your Acupressure Foot Chart (below) and identify what part of your body that you want to treat.

For example, if you are having neck pain, find the number that the “neck” area is listed as. Then find the corresponding area of your foot located on the chart that is labelled with the same number. This is the area of the foot that you will be manipulating.

Once you have found the area of the foot that you will be applying pressure on, use the tip of your thumb to press and knead that area deeply for between 1-2 minutes. Then repeat this with the opposite foot and the opposite thumb. Repeat this process for any other area on your body that you want to treat.

 

Reflexology is the study of feet pressure points in Chinese Medicine. This points are believed to cure ailments and diseases.

Pressure Points on Your Feet - Health tips (Chinese Medicine Remedies)

Tai Chong (LV 3)

Location : This pressure point can be located by pressing your finger into the indented spot found between the big toe and second toe. Once you place your finger around the area where your tendons meet, apply pressure and massage

Uses : It is used to cure headaches, stress, anger, anxiety and pain during menstrual cycle.

 

Di Er Li Dui

Location: The pressure point is found on the upper side of your second toe below the toenail.

Uses : It is used to cure nausea, hiccups and appetite.

 

Di San Li Dui

Location : This point is found right below the toenail of your middle toe.
Uses : It is used to cure excessive burping and heartburn

 

Gao Ya Xue Dian

Location : Located in the center point of your big toe, it is on the upper side on the middle joint.

Uses : To treat high blood pressure

 

Xia Li

Location: This pressure point in found about an inch below the adjoining web of the big and 2nd toe on the upper side of the foot.
Uses: It cures diarrhea

 

Shen Mai

Location: The point can be found on the lateral malleolus, the bony bump on the outside of your ankle.
Uses: Colds, improve patience, and reduce anxiety and fear.

 

Tai Xi

Location: It can be found in the indentation between the Achilles' tendon and the top of the medial malleolus (inner bony bump) of your ankle.

Uses: Cures kidney disease, sore throat, bronchitis, toothaches, asthma andarthritis

 

Young Quan (KD 1)

Location : Locate the pressure point by finding the depression below the joint of your big toe. Transition your thumb so that it presses against the area found between your big toe and second toe.

Uses : It cures palpitations, insomnia, poor memory, hot flashes, night sweats and anxiety.

 

Da Dun (LV 1)

Location : The pressure point is found on the inside of your big toe.

Uses : For relieving dizziness, stomach aches, and hernia.

 

Tai Bai

Location : On the middle side and near the ball of your foot, you can find this pressure point. It can be found by pressing along the side until your reach a depression and where the pressure is felt the strongest.

Uses : It relieves abdominal distension, stomach aches, diarrhea, dysentery and vomiting.

 

Qui Xu

Location : It is found about one inch below the lateral malleolus or the outer bump on your ankle.

Uses : It stabilizes your mood and relieves mental stress.

 

Kun Lun

Location : The pressure point is found in the indention on top of the highest area of the lateral malleolus (outer bump on the ankle) and the Achilles’ tendon.

Uses : It helps to relieve headaches, eye diseases, high blood pressure, lumbar pain, intestinal issues, and diarrhea.

 

Xing Jian

 

 

Location : This pressure point is located between your first and second toe. Find the location by applying pressure where the thick part of your skin meets between the two toes.

Uses : Used to help with leg cramps, sinusitis, eye diseases, and liver disease.

 

Li Nei Ting

Location : Found on the underside of your foot

Uses : This pressure point helps to relieve food poisoning and urinary tract infections.

 

Zu Lin Qi

Location : The pressure point is found on the exterior side of your foot about one-third of the way down.

Uses : It relieves muscle cramps, psychoneurosis, eye conditions, or apoplexy.

 

 

 

Problems Pressure Points Can Address (Health Benefits)

Sleeping Problems

Sleeping problems can be caused by having issues with your pituitary glands. When you apply pressure at the middle bottom side of your big toes, this can help address the problem. The pressure applied will let the blood flow and improve the performance of your pituitary glands, giving you better sleep at night.

 

Headache Problems

 

Tensions that stems from your neck might be the cause of your headaches. Applying pressure on your big toes by massaging it will help you get relief from a headache. You also can apply pressure to the top of your other toes.

 

Problems With Digestion

Digestive problems can be caused by many different reasons and other organs might be involved. If you are experiencing this problem, your practitioner will work on applying pressure at the bottom of your feet.

 

Back Pain Problems

Back pain problems(or lumbar pains) can be addressed by applying pressure to different pressure points on your feet and body. Some practitioners work on applying pressure at the back and reflexologists apply pressure at the half bottom of your feet. The nerves connected to your back will be able to let the blood flow freely, giving you relief from your back pain.

 

Depression Problems

Foot massage is also able to fight depression. Do massage in the center of the big toe. Apply pressure for a few minutes 2-3 times a day. Based on a study published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, foot massage after loved ones died can reduce stress during those times.

 

Sinus Problems

Sinus pressure is annoying at best and severely painful at worst. Sinusitis is a kind of inflammation or swelling of the tissue. Kneading the back of all ten toes, opposite the nails and at the tip of all the fingers excluding both thumbs have positive effects on sinus conditions.

 

Foot Pain Problems

 

Your feet bear weight when you’re standing and help you get where you need to go. Because of this, foot pain is common. Foot pain refers to any pain or discomfort in one or more parts of the foot. There are different types and causes of foot pains. Not all foot pains can be addressed by massaging pressure points, the type and the cause of a foot pain determines whether it can be addressed by foot pressure points. Pressure has both positive and negative effects on your feet. Too much pressure on your feet can damage or tear the ligaments. The plantar fascia becomes inflamed, and the inflammation causes heel pain and stiffness. Due to the negative effects, only trained professionals can effectively handle the relief of foot pains by massaging pressure points.

 

Beneficial Effects of Foot Massage on Pregnancy

Many people believe it is dangerous to have a foot massage in pregnancy due to acupressure points in the feet. It is true that there are acupressure points that are believed to aid in bringing on natural labour when stimulated properly by a trained professional. Conversely, these points are not easily stimulated naturally. It is safe to say that general foot massage harms neither the pregnancy nor the baby.

In fact, general foot massage is highly beneficial for the mother. Studies indicate that massage therapy performed during pregnancy can reduce anxiety, decrease symptoms of depression, relieve muscle aches and joint pains, and induce labor outcomes and newborn health. Other benefits of prenatal massage are: hormonal regulation, reduction of swellings, improvement of nerve pain and many others.

 

ACHILLES TENDON

The Achilles tendon is a tough band of fibrous tissues that connects the foot, ankle and calf muscles to the heel bone(calcaneus). Run your fingers down the back of your foot, feeling for a small strip that connects the two bones that protrude from your ankle. The thin strip of tendon is the Achilles tendon.

Apply pressure to the Achilles tendon from both sides using a gentle, inward motion. Use caution when applying pressure to the Achilles tendon, it is a sensitive area that can hurt immediately if too much force is used.

Benefits : Applying pressure to the Achilles tendon improves kidney function and cures ankle pain.

 

In conclusion, the numerous benefits of foot pressure points massage on your health are unignorable. There is a scientific research that massage improves the life of people living with HIV/AIDS and Strokes. Also, foot massage naturally heals without the use drugs. The disadvantages of foot massage are negligible unlike drugs that have many disadvantages.