Back Pain Reflexology trick

Back pain reflexology can get rid of or at least relieve that annoying back pain that can stop us from doing heaps of different activities.

Severe back pain is enough to keep people resting for days without being able to do anything.

The techniques on this page are dedicated to helping the healing process in getting better from back pain and relieving pain from mild, uncommon back pain, always see a doctor if it is severe pain as this is not medical advice.

It is important to note here that people who have been lying down for long periods of time - anything more than 24- 48 hours, should not receive reflexology until they have been active for at least two weeks.

If there is a question about whether or not reflexology is suitable for a person, visit our Caution! page that tells you exactly who should avoid it altogether and who should see professional reflexologists.

The best place to do this technique is on the feet.

This is fine for do-it-yourself reflexology or to do to someone else.

Begin on the right foot, do the whole spine area on the right foot and then do the same to the left foot.

1 hold the foot with both hands; holding on to the spine area with the palm of the hands, fingers on top of the foot and thumbs on the bottom of the foot.

2 slowly and gently twist/ wring the hands away from each other in order to twist/ massage the spine area on the foot. This is a relaxation exercise. Do this, twisting both ways, for about ten to fifteen seconds.

3 thumb walk up and down the whole spine area (runs along the inside of both feet from tip of big toe to back end of heel, see diagram below)


4 thumb walk sideways across the spine area for the whole length of the spine, see diagram below.

Click here for instructions on how to "thumb walk" and other reflexology techniques (will open in separate window)

6 do the Shoulder Ache Relief technique (this will open in a separate window)

7 again thumb walk up and down the spine area

8 finish with relaxation exercise; twisting/ wringing the spine

Do all of the above steps onto the right foot then left foot.

This complete trick can take from ten minutes to twenty minutes depending on how long you choose to spend on each step.

If it is being really effective and feeling great we recommend doing a whole foot reflexology session. Click here to see more back pain reflexology exercises and tricks!

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