Women's Health & Menopause

​​Reflexology is a wonderful treatment for helping with perimpenopause and menopause. Symptoms such as hot flushes, increased perspiration, night sweats, headaches, dizziness, mood changes, digestive disturbances, and short-term memory can be very difficult to manage and have negative impact on our lives.

This treatment aims to help regulate the peripheral nervous system and this is achieved by stimulating pressure points such as the pituitary glands, the hypothalamus and the thymus reflex point to relieve stress and tension often caused when living with so many effects of hormonal changes in our body.

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Reflexology has been found to be very effective in helping both the physical and emotional symptoms of the menopause.  Menopause is a time of transition into a new stage of life.  Changes in the body are often accompanied by lifestyle changes, such as children leaving home, or changes to relationships. It can feel like a time of struggle and confusion. ​

A Randomised Controlled Trial was carried out to test this in 2016. Women who had symptoms of menopause were given Reflexology treatments twice weekly for six weeks. These women reported far fewer hot flushes, sweats and night sweats (Gozuyesil & Baser, 2016). Reflexology can also improve women’s quality of life. The women in the 2016 trial reported that they felt better in their social and sex lives, as well as sleeping better. Another study in 2011 showed that menopausal women who were having difficulty sleeping slept much better after receiving Reflexology (Asltoghiri & Ghodsi, 2012).