FOOTWORKS
Reflexology in Basingstoke and surrounding areas

Reflexology for Menstruation and Menopause issues

Hormones have a lot to answer for!

Throughout the forty years of a woman's fertile life, she is constantly undergoing physical and emotional changes. The hormones of fertility and pregnancy have a profound effect not only on women but also their partners, family and colleagues. Many of the disharmonies and disorders that may occur during a woman's fertile life respond well to reflexology therapy. Reflexology may bring huge relief for those suffering from PMT, irregular periods and many other disorders.

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Reflexology for Menstruation problems

A well-balanced cycle repeats every 29 to 32 days. Ovulation occurs 14 days before menstruation. For many, menstruation is the essence of being a 'Woman'.

Reflexology has been found to be very beneficial for the following conditions:

• premenstrual tension/syndrome
  
• irregular periods (considered irregular if falls outside the above criteria)
  
• dysmenorrhoea (painful menstrual periods)
  
• menorrhagia (heavy and excessive menstrual flow)
  
• oligomenorrhoea (scanty menstrual flow)
  
• amenorrhoea (absence of menstrual flow)

Reflexology is a natural, beneficial therapy which encourages the client's cycle to settle into her own natural rhythm........her lunar cycle.

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Reflexology for Peri-Menopausal and Menopausal problems

The term Menopause refers to the time in a woman's life when she ceases to menstruate. For many women it is a natural occurence and presents few problems. About 3 to 7 years before your periods cease completely your body starts to go through considerable hormonal changes. This is known as the Peri-Menopauseand can start in your mid-forties and sometimes earlier. You may have a family history of premature menopause.

The following symptoms may be helped by regular reflexology:

• hot flushes
  
• irritability/mood swings
  
• depression
  
• anxiety
  
• fatigue/lack of energy
  
• sleeplessness
  
• irregular/heavy periods

You may be advised by your GP to go onto Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT) to reduce these sometimes debilitating symptoms. However, reflexology helps the body to regulate and balance your hormone levels in a completely natural way. Regular treatments will ease your symptoms, help you to relax and perhaps most importantly, enable you to take control of your body with renewed confidence.For many women, this third, major transition in her life, can be a fantastic positive feeling.

You have survived many transitions and now you can live your life with a renewed zest and energy!

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If you have any queries or would like to book a reflexology treatment, please call me on 01256 882133 or 07796 908890 or click here to send me an email.

FOOTWORKS, for reflexology, maternity reflexology and reiki, is easily accessible from Basingstoke, Bramley, Reading, Odiham, Hook, Hartley Wintney, Oakley and Overton