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Physiological lower leg oedema is one of the cutaneous manifestations of pregnancy.Foot massage has been found to decrease the level of physiological lower leg oedema. Foot massaging stimulates lymphatic circulation and decreases swelling. Massaging the feet from toes to calf and exercising gentle pressure with the fingertips may helps to shift water out of the tissue. This study aims to find out the effectiveness of foot massage on reduction of physiological lower leg oedema among primigravida mothers. Research design adopted for this study was pre experimental with one group pre and post test design.Erin oedema scale was used to assess the level of physiological lower leg oedema. the mean value of post test level of physiological lower leg oedema after receiving foot massage was 2.38 and it was lower than the pretest mean value 0.58. The calculated�t�test value was 7.51 showed that there was a significant difference in the effectiveness of foot massage at p < 0.05 level.On the basis of this study the investigator were concluded that foot massage reduces the level of physiological lower leg oedema and the reflexology technique is the best method to reduce the level of physiological lower leg oedema.