The feet and legs are often the most neglected part of the body in terms of care and attention, however they are both incredibly important to overall health. Learning how to carry out aromatherapy on your feet and legs is a great way of ensuring your health will stay in tip top condition.
There is plenty of information found in our guide “Aromatherapy for Healthy Legs and Feet” here at Baldwin's that will teach you all you need to know for foot and leg care and general well being. There is information about preventing and curing common ailments as well as a step by step guide to foot and leg massages using specially formulated essential oils.
For those interested in aromatherapy and massages, here are some good tricks for massaging feet to keep them in good condition:
This is to be carried out on someone else (rather than on yourself).
- Take the foot in your lap and rub a little essential oil into your palms. Place one hand on top of the foot, and one underneath and gently slide your hands off the foot coming forward towards the toes. Repeat this 4 or 5 times.
- Gently circle around the ankles with your thumbs. All these movements should be slow and soothing and not too hard as sometimes the ankles especially can be tender.
- Next rub over the top of the foot with your thumbs making circular movements. Move from the ankles towards the toes and repeat a few times.
- Rub each toe with similar circular movements and then rotate each toe both in a clockwise and anti-clockwise direction.
- Gently pull each toe between your finger and thumb and then rotate the entire foot both clockwise and anti-clockwise.
- One final exercise is to rub the foot within your hands to create friction. When the foot is warm it can be placed in a towel whilst you take the other foot and repeat the whole process.
Send in any other exercises you have for carrying out soothing foot massages. Also let us know if you have the aromatherapy guide and if you find it useful.
