New York - August 03, 2004

Best Foot Forward

At-Home Reflexology

You’d say you’re good to your body. Your skin is pampered, your muscles toned, your hair conditioned. Even your liver gets a break now and then.

Which makes the cruelty you inflict on your feet — running them from pillar to post, pounding them mercilessly into the treadmill, cramming them into those things you call shoes — all the more distressing.

For once do your dogs a favor and call Cloud Nine Reflexology. Here’s what happens: A therapist arrives at your home (or office, or Winnebago — wherever you want); you sit back and do your thing (watch TV, call your shrink, read the funnies, stare into space); and she rubs your feet for an entire hour.

Ann Marie Hennessy, a former therapist at beloved salon Angel Feet, now brings the healing — complete with lotions, aromatherapeutic scents, buckwheat pillows, and cotton slippers — to your door.

Good thing, too. You couldn’t run there fast enough.

Cloud Nine Reflexology (212-714-3921 or cloudninereflexology.com).