Your Wonderfully Steadfast Feet

How steadfast are your feet?!
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resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
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Have they been diligently keeping you upright all year? Have you been standing, walking, running, jumping, biking... shopping... all without much thought towards your wonderful feet?

Ah yes, I thought so!

Learn more about your amazing feet and what I can do to make them and you feel great! 

​Foot Facts

Those funny-looking things at the end of your legs are incredibly complex devices. Here are some facts that may give you new respect for your feet:

• One quarter of your body’s bones are in your feet. Each normal foot has 33 joints, 26 bones, 19 muscles, and 107 ligaments. 
• Each foot has more than 250,000 sweat glands, and they can produce up to half a pint of moisture a day!
• Walking is the best exercise for your feet. Standing still is way more tiring than walking, because you only use a few muscles when you’re still, whereas walking distributes the weight and effort over more muscles.
• When walking, each time your heel lifts off the ground it forces the toes to carry one half of your body weight.
• It's rare that two feet are exactly the same, one of them is often larger than the other.
• During an average day of walking, the total forces on your feet can total hundreds of tons - equivalent to an average of a fully loaded cement truck.

• The average person will walk around 115,000 miles in a life time, that’s more than four times around the earth! The average person takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day, which adds up to about 115,000 miles over a lifetime.

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Benefits of Foot Massage

Apart from a good foot massage giving you a wonderful feeling of rejuvenation for tired and over-worked feet, check out some of the other benefits...

Tranquility and Relaxation
Massaging the feet can alleviate anxiety and bring about a deep state of relaxation. One important point that is situated on both feet is the solar plexus reflex. The solar plexus is sort of a little warehouse where all your stress is stored. When the solar plexus point is pressed on, stress is released and the body can feel renewed.

Improved Circulation and Cleansing
The blood that circulates through the body is responsible for transporting oxygen and nutrients to the body’s cells. The blood also cleanses waste and toxins from the body. Because blood flow becomes limited when stress is present, foot massage can be beneficial as it decreases stress and allows the circulation of blood to flow unimpeded.

Balance and Harmony
Homeostasis is when all the body’s systems are working in harmony with one another to bring about a state of balance. A foot massage can encourage homeostasis so that good health can be obtained.

Energy and Rejuvenation
Foot massage is restorative in that it gives the receiver energy. When the foot is rubbed and palpated, all the elements of a foot massage come together to bring energy to the body. According to theories of reflexology, foot massage releases any blockages that can hold back energy that should be flowing through the body freely.

Enhancement of Immunity
Stimulation of reflexes in the feet through massage is an action performed to bring about relaxation and healing. Relaxing the body through foot massage may prevent the harmful effects of stress from taking a toll on the body.

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* SPECIAL OFFER *

BOOK YOURSELF in for a 90 minute sports or relaxation massage
(including an optional rejuvenating foot massage) and PAY ONLY $85.
That's a $10 discount off the normal price of $95.

Just use the coupon code "PAY85" when making your booking.
(Offer expires Thurs 21 Dec 2017)

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