Is Reflexology Safe for Pregnant Women? | Reflexology

[Music] certainly the two most popular questions I get are can reflexology induced labor and is it safe for pregnant women to receive reflexology uh certainly at Angel feet we see women all the way through prenatal through past their due date uh and and it's certainly safe if you have any concern uh you know reflexology is a complimentary discipline talk to your doctor see if he or she thinks that it's a good idea uh for you to get it it certainly can be really great at different stages of your pregnancy uh if you're experiencing a swelling in your feet or edema or um constipation or some of these things that are are very uh prevalent while you're pregnant you'll want to address those things in the session uh generally for a session uh at Angel feet what we do is if a person doesn't come in regularly or receive reflexology regularly we might um ask them to talk to their doctor certainly but also maybe for the first trimester they uh they allow themselves to get used to that new body they're having and then they could come in after and we'll see them all the way through uh the full term uh some of the points you'll want to be aware of are the points of the reproductive system so we have the uterus reflex here uh on both sides of the medial aspect of the feet or the calcus there that heel bone on the inside we also have the ovary reflex uh out here there are many different theories uh about if you want to give attention there uh I say a nice traction is okay there and maybe a light finger walking technique is nice to go over there but generally if a woman's pregnant she's experiencing just a whole new way of feeling her body and so being with her and her feet and giving attention to the feet and the Myriad reflex points can be really great uh you could do a lot of relaxation techniques as well in addition to reflexology uh you could do the lung press coming through here and going forward and back again you could certainly do nice toe rotations in both directions you could certainly do a kind of inversion and ersion on both feet and then you can certainly do reflexology using your thumb walking or your finger walking up through here this can be really nice if they are experiencing a kind of swelling or fluids that are coming towards uh the bottom you know the end points of their body and certainly you always want to end with your solar plexus reflex here you can lean forward into that and those are some of the techniques you can use uh if somebody's is pregnant