12/26/2025
Many women over 40 often carry a quiet, constant weight: chronic pain that shows up in the back, hips, neck, joints, and the places stress likes to settle when life stays busy. Many are searching for relief that feels gentle, supportive, and truly connected to the body. That is where reflexology comes in for some people—not as a medical cure, but as a holistic tool that may support circulation, and nervous system balance through therapeutic foot work.
You might be wondering, “How can rubbing my feet help my pain?”
Think of the nervous system like a tree. The spine is the trunk, the major nerve pathways are the branches, and the smallest nerve endings are like twigs that reach all the way out to the fingertips and the bottoms of the feet. There are over 7,000 nerve endings in the bottom of each foot, all connecting back into that “trunk” of the nervous system.
These nerve endings are also intertwined with the body’s fascia network—about 250 million nerve receptors woven through what some people compare to “silverskin,” wrapping every muscle, tendon, bone, organ, and even each individual cell. When we stimulate the feet, we are interacting with a system that communicates throughout the entire body.
So the real question becomes:
How could stimulating thousands of nerve endings in the feet NOT have an effect on the rest of the body?
If this resonates with you—or sparks curiosity—I’d love to hear your thoughts. What do you think might be possible when we support the body through the nervous system in this way?
