so if you want to use foot reflexology for back pain you're going to want to focus on the spinal reflexes so we'll start there so you actually don't have to move the other foot up but just for our purposes you could see this this medial aspect really well we'll just move it aside usually the person can just sit with both their feet in front of you so the spinal reflex is just from here all the way down this side of the foot so we're going to start at the base and we're going to work our way all the way up depending on where the pain is in the back you might want to stop and give a little more attention to either where you're feeling a little change in that tissue texture or if they've indicated they have a lot of pain around their cervical area where their mid-back or their lower back and you'll just either stay there a little longer or you can work that area from from different vantage points so here we're just doing thumb walking taking little bites all the way up this medial aspect of the foot right up here we're getting into the cervical spine reflex and actually go all the way up I'll go past the very top and into what are the brain reflexes which is on the great toe if you really want to give a lot of focus to that area you could start at the top and then go back down again there's certainly no reason why you can't do that a couple times and if you also want to like I was saying if someone's having mid-back pain you can give a little more attention to the mid area you could actually using your thumb or your fingers you could do a little walking across the reflex point go there and then maybe move down and go across again you'll want to do that bilaterally so you'll want to do both feet you do the other side you could also give some attention to the the legs and the lower legs and so it'll be right this is the fifth metatarsal here this is the base this is a calcaneus and heel bone and right in between there is the the knee and hip reflex I'll actually course back through here to some of the hip reflexes it could be really intense you'll want to check in with your person if they start to pull away definitely ease up we could do a little bit of finger walking in there right and then the last point will just be a solar plexus hold so with your thumbs at the diaphragm line we'll come across through here find the point you just lean forward into there and that's it that'll be the protocol for if somebody's experiencing some kind of back pain anywhere along their spine