Foot massage

There are the so call “foot massage” that is available widely here in Shenzhen. It is not only doing foot massage like what we have over in Sabah but also include back massage and soaking into different type of herbs for the foot. It is some sort of foot spa really, but Chinese style.

You can even choose to have it for either 1 hour or up to 2 hours. First they’ll provide you with a hot foot bath that used herbs, then while seated down, they’ll start doing full back massage for you which will probably help you to waken up every muscles of yours and also at the same time trying to relax them by pressing at the right points. After that they’ll put a hot sack behind your back waist area, it claims to be able to absorb the extra moisture from your body.

I know I’m writing totally in “non-English” terms, ‘cos I can’t find the right word for it in English.

After that the masseur will start massaging your feet include area till the knee. It was a relaxing especially when you know that this will stimulate the flow of body energy (“chi”) . Though you are best to let the masseur know how much pressure you needed. They are those that probably uses Kettlebells to train their hands before entering into this job. So you might still feel the pain even the next day.

Look for the word 足浴 (zu yu) if you are in China and wanted to try out the Chinese foot massage.