Receiving a foot massage is a great way to combat stress, anxiety and depression because touching energetic points creates harmony and rebalances energies, promoting well-being and allowing physical, emotional and mental balance.
To note the benefits of reflexology in combating anxiety and depression it is advised to stimulate the points listed here daily for about 1 month to notice your results.
How should anti-depressive reflexology
The best points to combat stress, anxiety and depression are found in the feet. Simply apply a few drops of massage oil all over the foot and then press and slide your thumb over the dots indicated in the following image:
Although it may be useful in combating depression, it should not be the only treatment to combat this disorder and the doctor may suggest other forms of treatment such as consumption of tryptophan-rich foods and psychotherapy, for example, and in the most severe cases psychiatrist may also indicate the use of antidepressant drugs.
To complement the reflexology in the feet, one can perform a massage in the whole body to promote the relaxation of the mind, but this massage should not be carried out very calmly, with repetitive or circular movements, nor so calmly that it promotes the intense relaxation of the muscles, which may favor hypotonia.
The best thing to do is use your body weight to flex your muscles in a pleasant way, and use techniques like kneading because this helps improve blood circulation, undo contracture points and improve muscle tone, being relaxing to the mind and invigorating the muscles.
