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What acupoints can the elderly heel pain massage?
Heel pain, also known as heel pain or heel pain, is caused by many reasons, closely related to limb strain and degenerative diseases, and is more common in women, obese people and the elderly. People who are overloaded, walk for a long time or stand for a long time are at high risk of this disease. When people get old, the elasticity of blood vessels in the feet decreases, which affects the blood supply, and the heel is cold and cold, which may also cause heel pain. For people with heel pain, pay more attention to rest to reduce the pain caused by bearing. After the symptoms are relieved, you should also reduce standing and walking, try to wear soft-soled shoes and reduce heel pressure.

Quick acupoint selection

Sanyinjiao point: this point is located on the inner side of human calf, and the upper edge of the medial malleolus is four fingers wide. It is located in the depression of the tibial margin just above the ankle tip.

Taixi point: this point is located on the inside of the foot, and it is the depression between the medial malleolus back and the heel tendon.

Zhao Hai Point: This point is located at the ankle of the human body, just below the medial ankle of the foot.

Gu Ran Point: This point is located at the ankle of human body, at the front and lower part of the inside of the ankle tip, and at the depression below the scaphoid tuberosity.

Kunlun point: this point is located in the depression between the tip of the posterior ankle outside the ankle and the achilles tendon.

Pushen point: this point is located on the lateral side of the foot, behind the lateral ankle of the foot, directly below Kunlun point, and at the red and white muscles.

Xu Qiu Point: This point is located on the dorsum of the foot, under the front of the lateral ankle of the foot, outside the extensor digitorum longus tendon, and in the depression between the heel joints.

Massage process steps 1: prone position, the performer rubs the sole, heel and surrounding area of the patient with the thenar part of the unilateral palm, and repeatedly pinches the muscle tissue on the back of the affected leg with the pulp of the thumb and other four fingers until the sole of the foot.

Step 2: Poke Sanyinjiao, Taixi, Zhao Hai, Gu Ran, Kunlun, Pushen and Xu Qiu with the tip of your thumb.

Step 3: Hold the affected ankle with one palm upward, and tap the heel tenderness point with the other palm root.

Step 4: Rub the heel and sole with your palm.