As a product of health care and physical therapy, massage foot bath is deeply loved by middle-aged and elderly people. Many middle-aged and elderly people like to soak their feet with a health massage foot bath. As long as the electricity is on, they can keep the water temperature and spray different currents to massage their feet. They think it is healthy and simple, so many young people give it as a gift to their elders.

Although it is good to choose massage footbath for pedicure, most elderly people are not suitable.

Modern medicine believes that the foot is the "second heart" of the human body, and the foot has numerous nerve endings closely connected with the brain, which is closely related to human health. Therefore, regular pedicure can not only enhance people's immunity and resistance, but also strengthen the body and prolong life.

Foot massage includes foot bath and foot massage. Foot bath, simply speaking, is to wash feet with hot water, plus some scientific foot massage, which is a simple and effective self-care method.

If middle-aged and elderly people need foot massage, they can choose to go to a professional health care shop for foot health care, or they can buy their own massage footbath and realize foot massage at home. Because of the convenience of massage footbath, many middle-aged and elderly people will choose to use massage footbath for pedicure at home. However, foot massage is not suitable for everyone.

Dr. Zhuang Ganzhu of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that it is really convenient to massage foot bath, so that middle-aged and elderly people can do pedicure at home. Traditional Chinese medicine massage mainly stimulates local acupuncture points to achieve therapeutic effect, but the foot bath is not strong enough and the stimulation area is large, so it is difficult to achieve the effect. Moreover, pregnant women and foot skin infections cannot use massage footbath. At the same time, the elderly, people with weak constitution and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are prone to chest tightness and dizziness when using massage foot bath. Diabetic feet are easy to damage their skin, and their sense of temperature changes is reduced, so it is best not to use a massage footbath with a massage roller or a vibrating massage cushion. People with pacemakers had better not massage the footbath with magnetic therapy.

In addition, the material of massage footbath is complicated, and I don't know what will happen after adding Chinese medicine. For the elderly, it is better to choose a wooden foot bath.