How to Massage the Ball of the Foot

By Melisa Brown
Melisa Brown

Melisa Brown is a licensed massage therapist specializing in Thai Massage, Shiatsu, Pre-Natal Massages for expecting mothers, Post Mastectomy Massages, and more. Brown was trained at the Educating Hands School of Massage in Miami, and the Institute of Thai Massage in New Jersey. She is currently a teacher at the Educating Hands School of Massage.

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Learn how to give a better foot massage by working the ball of the foot with expert sensual foot massage tips in this free online massage therapy video clip.

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In this clip I'm going to be talking about the upper half of the foot. Here in the ball it seems like we put a lot of pressure so I'm going to be going in with my thumbs very softly, I'm not going to be overdoing it, I'm just going to be going around and around the big ball of the foot. Now I'm going to go over it and I'm going to be pressing and even with my fingers very lightly I'm just going to go around the ball of the foot, very lightly. Now you can use tools for this. There are a lot of tools that are sold in stores. There are the ones made of wood with the two balls at the end that you can purchase. It saves your fingers a lot too. Now I am just going to keep going around the ball of the foot especially where the bunions might be coming out. I am double pressing with my thumb to avoid over-usage and it's like I'm not carving on it but I'm just rubbing on it all the way around, all the way around.