Massaging the Legs

This is the perfect massage for the end of the day spent on your feet. It will release those tired aches and pains and leave you feeling relaxed. Do not use any pressure with these movements over varicose veins; if you do anything; just stroke them lightly towards the heart.

Benefits: Leg massage can be done to alleviate leg aches, cramp, knee ache, sprains and arthritis.

The Procedure

Step I : Moving down to the back of the legs, knead and squeeze the calf muscles.

Step II : Do not put any pressure on the area behind the knee, but glide over this and knead the back of the thigh.

Step III : Then stroke all the way up the leg, hand over hand, to improve lymph and venous blood flow. Repeat these movements several times, always moving in an upward direction. Repeat on other leg.

Step IV : On the front of the legs, kneading of the front of the thighs is helpful, but the front of the lower leg should be avoided, as the shinbone is too prominent for this movement. Stroke all the way up the front of the legs and thigh, much as on the back of the leg. Repeat these movements on the other leg.