How To Relax More Worry Less – Stress Management Tips Techniques

What is Stress?

how-stress-affects-your-healthTo understand the need for stress management, we must first understand stress. When a person is in danger, the body reacts, preparing to defend itself. The heart rate increases, blood pressure climbs higher, breathing becomes faster and blood flows to the muscles. This is great if a fierce dog is chasing you, because it gives you additional energy to get out of harm’s way. Unfortunately, the body reacts in the same way in response to daily problems and changes and over time this causes issues. Continue reading “How To Relax More Worry Less – Stress Management Tips Techniques”

Success Story: Reflexology & Phantom Limb Pain

Phantom Foot

Phantom limb pain is a condition where pain is appearing to come from an area where an amputated limb used to be. This pain is often excruciating and has been described in various ways such as “burning, aching, or ‘as if the limb was being crushed in a vice”.

In 2008, an exploratory pilot study was published in the Journal of Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice.

It was a 30 week study with 7 men and 3 women all having lower limb amputations and a history of phantom limb pain.  There were five phases to the study, which also involved teaching the techniques to the participants of the study.

The result:  “Each reflexology treatment made a highly significant difference and was effective in eradicating or reducing the intensity and duration of phantom limb pain.” Continue reading “Success Story: Reflexology & Phantom Limb Pain”