Ashiatsu thumb|200x200px|A licensed massage practitioner performs Ashiatsu massage. In ashiatsu, the practitioner uses their feet to deliver treatment. The name comes from the Japanese, ashi for foot and atsu for pressure. This technique typically uses the heel, sesamoid, arch, and/or whole plantar surface of foot, and offers large compression, tension and shear forces with less pressure than an elbow and is ideal for large muscles, such as in thigh, or for long-duration upper trapezius compressions.Fix Pain: Bodywork Protocols for Myofascial Pain Syndromes Author: John Harris, Fred Kenyon Publication Date: 2002 Other manual therapy techniques using the feet to provide treatment include Keralite, Barefoot Lomilomi, and Chavutti Thirumal.
Ashiatsu thumb|200x200px|A licensed massage practitioner performs Ashiatsu massage In ashiatsu the practitioner uses their feet to deliver treatment The name comes from the Japanese ashi for foot and atsu for pressure This technique typically uses the heel sesamoid arch and/or whole plantar surface of foot and offers large compression tension and shear forces with less pressure than an elbow and is ideal for large muscles such as in thigh or for long-duration upper trapezius compressionsFix Pain Bodywork Protocols for Myofascial Pain Syndromes Author John Harris Fred Kenyon Publication Date 2002 Other manual therapy techniques using the feet to provide treatment include Keralite Barefoot Lomilomi and Chavutti Thirumal