How to Massage Feet

Vicky Letch: I'm here with Adrian, who I'm probably touching inappropriately, sorry about that. Hi everyone! This is Vicky Letch. We're here at Champneys Health Resorts. We're learning all about massage and I'm getting you involved, don't worry Adrian. Adrian: Yeah I have been -- Vicky Letch: Are you enjoying? Adrian: I'm having a great day here. Vicky Letch: Oh god, that you are, luckily though, I'm not doing it, Nicola Doe is in-charge. Hi Nicola! Nicola Doe: Hi Vicky! Vicky Letch: What are we massaging this time? Nicola Doe: We're going to go for the feet now, it's nice and relaxing. Vicky Letch: Are you ready for this? Adrian: Yeah, okay. Vicky Letch: Could have had a pedicure. Adrian: Yeah. Vicky Letch: It is so right. Let's get involved with that. Nicola Doe: Excellent! Vicky Letch: Okay, so we find ourselves at the feet. This must be a funny one for you. Nicola Doe: I actually love doing the feet. Vicky Letch: Do you? Nicola Doe: We find much more knots in the feet and it's really relaxing for most people, who don't say about having the feet done. Vicky Letch: Well, How do we start? Nicola Doe: Okay, we are going to do effleurage. Vicky Letch: Okay! Nicola Doe: So we're going to go down on to the feet and comfort the heel. Vicky Letch: Alright! Nicola Doe: Just warm up the area, because the feet can generally get quite cold. Vicky Letch: Right. How important is it to have a foot massage? Nicola Doe: Very important, and reflexology is really working for the whole of the body in one area, so you can pinpoint a few areas of the body by just working on the feet. Vicky Letch: See, this absolutely blows my mind, so, for example, the big toe is -- Nicola Doe. The head. Vicky Letch: The head. Nicola Doe: Yes. Working over the sole of the foot on to the heel. Vicky Letch: Okay! Nicola Doe: And then pulling up. Vicky Letch: So a zigzag down -- Nicola Doe: And pull up. Vicky Letch: And then pull up. Nicola Doe: Then you can do circular movements, so again you just circle, so I'm going to go especially around the top of the foot. Vicky Letch: How does that feel? Adrian: To start is really ticklish, something that I haven't had this before. But it's nice, I didn't know you could have a foot massage, actually. Vicky Letch: Unbelievable! Adrian: Yeah. Nicola Doe: Taking the hand, interlock the fist, I'm going to go down the sole and then pull up, light movement, again, down and light on the way up. Vicky Letch: Okay! Nicola Doe: Then we go down on to the top of the foot with my thumbs. Just drain in down. When you train, you will see how your left toe, teaching as if a movement, then you'd have more to come in. Vicky Letch: Yeah, It sounds to me like you always need a human to practice on, a couple of systems that cause -- Nicola Doe: First you always get to introduce each other and then when you get more experience and you have more that come in, and just pay a minimum fee to have it done. Vicky Letch: Thank you so much for that. Nicola Doe: Thank you. Vicky Letch: So if I want to have -- let's just recap on the areas that I pinpoint when I'm massaging the feet. Nicola Doe: Okay. So you definitely work on the sole of the foot, working on the pads, work and set the movements, and also zigzag, then drain up and then you can work down on to the top of the foot, again, in circular movements and around the ankle as well. Vicky Letch: Brilliant! Thank you so much. Nicola Doe: Thank you!