Hand Reflexology

Here are easy-to-grasp routines and hand reflexology techniques.

This is section two of the routine.

You'll find sections one, three, and four by clicking on this first hand chart.

In this section, we're focusing on treating the shoulder, arm, breast, chest, lungs, and heart

• Green fingers -- brain, head, sinus, pituitary gland

• Blue -- neck, thyroid, parathyroid, shoulder muscles, eyes, ears

• Green -- heart

• Orange -- lung

• Yellow -- shoulder and arm

1. Check for contraindications.

2. Warm up the hand and wrist with basic Swedish stokes: gliding, kneading, and squeezing.

3. Gently squeeze, twist, and pull each finger and thumb. perform thumb walking, brain roll, and finger brushing techniques [see charts below].

4. Perform pinpoint-and-flex technique along the diaphragm map-line

5. thumb glides, rotations, and gentle compressions all over the colored area shown in the chart.

6. Trough between the metacarpals, the lungs, using your thumbs

7. compress and hold for a few seconds into the heart area

8. perform thumb walking technique all over the hand

9. open up the hand by stretching it

10. Repeat on the other hand, noting the heart zone is smaller.

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It's fun!

Blank piece of white paper, a pencil, a foot or hand.

Lightly draw around the hand. Do several different sizes of feet and hands.

Experiment with lots of different colors.

And, take advantage of the online reflexology charts here at

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Each page has different illustrations and step-by-step instructions.

Draw them. Practice the techniques that go along with that zone of the foot or hand using your own charts.

Here's an introductory, step-by-step routine for hand reflexology massage on the palm of the hands.

• Fingers and Thumb -- head, neck, brain, sinus, pituitary, thyroid, eyes, ears, and shoulder muscles. Beginning and ending points of six meridians

• Palm -- bronchioles, lungs, spleen, liver, gall bladder, kidney, pancreas, shoulder and arm joints, muscles, and ligaments

• Thenar Eminence -- heart, adrenal glands. Along with the outside of the thumb, represents the spinal column

• Wrist -- pelvic bones, joints, and muscles, including the sciatic nerves

Check for contraindications before starting your hand reflexology massage: fungus, cuts, bruises, recent surgery, pain, swelling, redness, etc.

1. Using your oil of choice, warm up the hand and wrist with basic Swedish stokes: gliding, kneading, and squeezing.

2. Gently squeeze, twist, and pull the thumb and each finger.

3. Perform "inch-worm" Thumb-walking technique down each finger and the thumb, on all sides. Energizes the meridians.

4. Brain Roll: taking the pads of your fingers and thumb, rock gently back and forth on the tips of their fingers and thumb.

5. Stretch the fingers and thumb, opening up the palm by gliding from the center outward.

6. Finger brushing: taking your palms and softly brushing the tops of their fingers, back and forth.

7. Pinpoint-and-flex: place your thumb onto the area where their palm easily bends. This is the diaphragm map line. With your other hand bend their palm over your thumb. Do this all along the map line.

8. Thumb glides, rotations, and gentle compressions all over the palm down to the wrist.

9. Trough between the metacarpals using your thumbs. Start at the wrist and glide up to the base of the fingers.

10. Perform Thumb-walking technique all over the palm and thenar eminence. Spend some time and repeat in many directions.

11. The reflex zone for the heart: compress, hold, and perform gentle circular motions into the fleshy area of the palm, under the thumb - thenar eminence.

12. Adrenals: also found on the thenar eminence, specifically, halfway from base of thumb and wrist. Compress, glide, and utilize Hook-in-back-up technique.

13. Rub, knead, and squeeze the thumb side of the hand, stimulating spinal nerve and cerebral spinal fluid function.

14. Knead the outside edge of the hand, the little finger side, to give relief to the shoulders, neck, and stimulate the spleen.

15. Focus on the base of the palm and wrist - intestines, pelvic organs and muscles. Perform thumb glides in all directions.

16. Wrist Boogie: jostle the wrist, moving it in a cycle of abduction and adduction.

17. Repeat the hand reflexology routine on the other hand.

These reflexology techniques have the reputation for helping in certain disorders and illnesses.

They are never a substitute for medical attention, though they may aid in the correction of some disorders.

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