Down To Earth Reflexology

Chronic illness has a devastating impact, not just physically, but also emotionally and spiritually. Living with illness can be stressful and worrying and your body reacts to this kind of stress in the same way as the more conscious type. It can cause anxiety, feelings of being overwhelmed, difficulty thinking or remembering, suppression of your immune system and interference with sleep.

When the digestive system experiences imbalances, the whole body gets thrown off. Many common problems such as IBS, constipation, acid reflux and flatulence result from having digestive system malfunctions. So, what causes digestive malfunction and imbalance? There are many causes, however stress is the most common and most destructive.

Most of us experience headaches at some point in our lives but for frequent sufferers it can start to interfere with daily activities. There are several reasons for the onset of headaches, and it's often a way of the body crying out for attention. At Down to Earth Reflexology we try to get to the source of the problem.

Reflexology is a wonderful therapy for aiding our journey through the menopause. Symptoms can be debilitating such as: hot flushes, increased perspiration, night sweats, headaches, dizziness, mood changes, digestive disturbances, sudden weight gain, short-term memory loss and irregular periods with heavy bleeding.

Reflexology can be used to help support a large number of painful conditions. Stiffness, sciatica, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, frozen shoulder, whiplash and sports injuries are some of the conditions that can respond well to treatment.

Whether you are suffering from pain in the back, shoulder, knees or neck direct pressure applied to reflex points on the feet during treatment can interrupt sensory transmission and confuse the nervous system, so pain is not perceived in the same way.Reflexology also encourages the production of endorphins, our body's natural painkillers.