| During a reflexology
session, your patient should sit comfortably with legs supported
and a cushion under her knees. Some reflexologist treats their
patients lying down. Sit at your patient's feet and place them
in your lap or rest them on a stool. Work over the whole foot
to promote and maintain good health. As you work, you may come
across sensitive areas, which indicate a problem in the corresponding
part of the body. In some places it even feels as if there are
granules under the skin. Give extra attention to these areas to
disperse the granules in the feet and reduce congestion elsewhere.
Pressures on these areas may be rather painful, so watch your
patients face to make sure you are not hurting her. It is better
to teat disorder by working gently and repeating the treatment
several tines, rather than overworking sensitive areas in the
hope of treating disorders all on one go.
Technique
Do
not massage the feet, simply apply a precise pressure with your
thumb to each specific point. Hold the foot firmly with one hand,
and work with the other thumb, using the edge of the thumb, just
by the nail. Press firmly for about three seconds. Then move on
with an inching forward movement. A complete reflexology treatment
takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Treat the right foot first,
then the left foot.
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