Every woman’s menopause is different, with some women experiencing different symptoms to others, in various degrees of intensity. Some symptoms can have a profound impact on your daily life, preventing you from living the life you are used to. This can leave you feeling low, and it’s no surprise that your self-esteem and confidence can be affected. But no matter how your menopause impacts your life, reflexology is a great way to restore the balance of your body and alleviate some of your symptoms, giving you the freedom to live your life on your terms.

Here are just some of the ways that reflexology can ease your journey through your menopause.

Get the sleep you need

Thought to be due to a drop in in oestrogen levels, sleep disturbance is a common symptom of the menopause. Sleep disruptions not only leave you feeling tired and exhausted, it can also make day to day functioning difficult because your cognitive function is affected, not to mention the impact it has on your mood.

Reflexology can help you regulate your peripheral nervous system by stimulating your pituitary gland, which helps control your hormones. Your hypothalamus gland is your body’s control centre responsible for keeping your body balanced. This will help you restore balance, promote calmness and relive fatigue, all of which promotes better sleep and wellbeing.

Relieve stress and anxiety

Your symptoms of menopause can come at a time when your stress levels are already high, adding a extra layer of stress, making you feel that you are unable to cope. High levels of stress can make menopausal symptoms worse and prolonged periods of stress raise cortisol levels and make you age faster.

Reflexology can help you relax and restore the natural balance to your body. It can calm your central nervous system, reduce the feelings of stress and anxiety. By unblocking the nerve endings in your feet and stimulating your lymphatic system, reflexology will induce a state of calm throughout your whole body, leaving you less stressed and anxious.

Quell those hot flushes and night sweats

Nearly three quarters of women going through the menopause suffer with hot flushes and night sweats, which can wake you from your sleep and lead to long term sleep disruptions. They occur when changing hormone levels make your body more sensitive to slight fluctuations in temperature.

A study carried out on women with menopausal symptoms found that having reflexology twice weekly for six weeks reported far fewer hot flushes and night sweats. (Gozuyesil & Baser, 2016). By bringing your body back into balance, you can get relief from these symptoms which can seriously affect your quality of life and mental wellbeing.

So, apart from the calming effect of reflexology and the benefits that bringing your body back into balance can have, it is also a great way to ease your way through your menopause, minimising the impact of your symptoms and allowing you to live your life the way that you want to.

For more information about reflexology and how Bodyworks Reflexology can help your menopausal symptoms, please get in touch.