Inclusion criteria:
lactating Women within 40 days to 5 months after delivery
Be literate
Having Iranian citizenship
Obtaining a score higher than zero from the Female sexual function index questionnaire
Exclusion criteria:
Existence of known sexual problems which affecting sexual function in women or their husbands, such as premature ejaculation and impotence in the husband, or vaginismus and dyspepsia in women (determined by asking participants and reviewing their file)
Having known chronic diseases in these women or their husbands that affect sexual function such as mental illness (schizophrenia), mood disorders (depression), ulcerative colitis, vasculitis, thyroid, and adrenal cortex diseases, diabetes, Blood pressure, heart, lung, liver, kidney diseases, central nervous system disorders, infectious and sexually transmitted infections (determined by asking participants and reviewing their file)
Use of drugs affecting sexual function in women or their spouses, including psychotropic drugs, cardiac and anti-hypertensive drugs, thiazide diuretics, anticonvulsant drugs, H2 receptor blockers, opioids, anticholinergics, antihistamines, Antidepressants, and sleeping pills
Alcohol, cigarette and drug addiction in women or their husbands
use of other types of complementary and alternative medicine methods affecting sexual function such as acupuncture, auricular therapy, and massage therapy
Presence of deformity, calluses, fissures or ulcers of the foot, active thrombosis or phlebitis, varicose veins, history of recent ankle trauma, sprains and fractures, infection or inflammation of the soles of the feet