Natural Therapy by Alicja
My name is Alicja and I am a fully qualified and registered nurse with almost 30 years of experience, mainly in an acute setting in health care. I am an RGN registered nurse. I have been a part of the NHS for over 10 years now. I love my job and I find it very rewarding to see the beneficial effects from my care of patients.
Natural Therapy by Alicja
My name is Alicja and I am a fully qualified and registered nurse with almost 30 years of experience, mainly in an acute setting in health care. I am an RGN registered nurse. I have been a part of the NHS for over 10 years now. I love my job and I find it very rewarding to see the beneficial effects from my care of patients.
Fully Certified and Insured RGN with a Master’s Degree in Nursing. I am able to recommend and advise on treatment options with therapies and treatments administered in a safe client environment.
Integrated patient care is crucial for me I treat my patients holistically. For a long time now I have been coming across unconventional therapies which can work as an additional aid on top of my conventional treatments, or as a basic treatment where conventional ones didn’t work. And in the process of seeing many great effects from the use of unconventional therapy I developed a strong passion for nature and of natural medicine, which I am now using on a daily basis. Home made remedies, herbs and natural supplements are a big part of my life, along with a good diet and physical activities, which I love to share and promote.
Fully Certified and Insured RGN with a Master’s Degree in Nursing. I am able to recommend and advise on treatment options with therapies and treatments administered in a safe client environment.
Integrated patient care is crucial for me I treat my patients holistically. For a long time now I have been coming across unconventional therapies which can work as an additional aid on top of my conventional treatments, or as a basic treatment where conventional ones didn’t work. And in the process of seeing many great effects from the use of unconventional therapy I developed a strong passion for nature and of natural medicine, which I am now using on a daily basis. Home made remedies, herbs and natural supplements are a big part of my life, along with a good diet and physical activities, which I love to share and promote.
Foot Reflexology
Foot reflexology is a treatment that’s been practised for centuries. It is an ancient medicine — it’s been around forever, it can be traced as far back as 2330 B.C.
It involves applying pressure to different points on the bottom of the foot.
According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), these points correspond to different areas of the body. They are believed to have multiple benefits, including reducing stress, aiding digestion, improving circulation and promoting sound sleep.
Reflexology is commonly known as a holistic practice performed on the feet. The concept is that there are meridian points on the feet that correspond with various organs in the body. Reflexology can improve quality of life in several ways. This involves reducing stress and bringing balance to the body, energy, and mind.
Foot reflexology benefits
Foot reflexology may help with:
Stress and relaxation
Pain management
Digestion
Eye strain
Improved sleep
Ideal preventive therapy
Stress and relaxation
One of the key benefits associated with reflexology is relaxation and stress management. This is achieved by applying pressure to certain points on the feet.
Foot reflexology benefits
Foot reflexology may help with:
Stress and relaxation
Pain management
Digestion
Eye strain
Improved sleep
Ideal preventive therapy
Stress and relaxation
One of the key benefits associated with reflexology is relaxation and stress management. This is achieved by applying pressure to certain points on the feet.
Relaxation is probably the biggest benefit of foot reflexology. Reflexology helps by increasing blood flow through the body, which helps to decrease stress and anxiety and lower blood pressure. When you feel less stress and less anxious, it’s easy to feel relaxed.
A 2019 systematic review of reflexology in palliative care for advanced cancer found that reflexology, alongside other complementary therapies of aromatherapy and massage, enhanced well-being and offered people respite and escapism from their condition.
If you try reflexology for stress management or relaxation, consider having multiple sessions as recommended for optimal benefit.
Perhaps related to its effects on stress and relaxation, foot reflexology may also help with managing both acute and chronic pain.
Foot reflexology may help reduce pain after an operation. Many studies found that foot reflexology significantly reduced pain after kidney transplantation surgery, compared with a control group. Also significantly reduced pain after abdominal hysterectomy surgery, compared with a control group. There is also evidence to support the effectiveness of foot reflexology in reducing chronic pain. Foot reflexology significantly reduced pain and anxiety among children with chronic pain.
One of the reflex points found on your feet is connected to your stomach — when this particular point is stimulated, it will increase blood flow to your stomach, helping to improve digestion.
Reflexology can help reverse some of the stress we put on our eyes just from our daily activities. These pressure points help relax the tight muscles caused by looking at our screens all day.
Considering reflexology may be beneficial in helping you relax and reduce stress, it’s no surprise that some say it may help promote a more restful night’s sleep.
Because reflexology is moving energy and improving overall circulation, it’s easy to have a restful night’s sleep after a treatment.
Reflexology side effects and contraindications
After a reflexology session, most people experience a sense of well-being and relaxation. However, side effects can occur. These include:
Lethargy
Nausea
Crying or feeling tearful
Light-headedness
Strong emotions
This is usually transitory, and it is part of the healing process.
Reflexology is not for everyone, though. For people with certain health conditions, it may cause more harm than good. Contraindications for reflexology include:
Circulatory issues
Gout
History of blood clots
Certain foot injuries such as sprains, strains, or stress fractures
Painful skin conditions such as blisters or severe eczema or psoriasis
Contagious skin conditions such as scabies, chicken pox, or athlete’s foot
Certain symptoms of diabetes, including non-healing wounds or peripheral neuropathy
Pregnancy
Reflexology side effects and contraindications
After a reflexology session, most people experience a sense of well-being and relaxation. However, side effects can occur. These include:
Lethargy
Nausea
Crying or feeling tearful
Light-headedness
Strong emotions
This is usually transitory, and it is part of the healing process.
Reflexology is not for everyone, though. For people with certain health conditions, it may cause more harm than good. Contraindications for reflexology include:
Circulatory issues
Gout
History of blood clots
Certain foot injuries such as sprains, strains, or stress fractures
Painful skin conditions such as blisters or severe eczema or psoriasis
Contagious skin conditions such as scabies, chicken pox, or athlete’s foot
Certain symptoms of diabetes, including non-healing wounds or peripheral neuropathy
Pregnancy
Hirudotherapy
Hirudotherapy/Leech therapy returns to the traditional treatment practice along with many other old school, known for centuries, Natural Therapies. Hirudotherapy have been used for more than 3500 years in the world’s in most important traditional medicine systems (including traditional European, Ayurvedic, and Chinese medicine) and is in itself undeniable proof of the repeated success. The power and effectiveness is recorded from ancient times , you can even find the doctors were named Leeches too due to practicing widely and successfully Hirudotherapy.
In Hirudotherapy we use medicinal Leeches ( obtained from special farms growing them for this purpose ) The medicinal leech is a beautiful symbol of give-and-take and of sustainable resource management. People passionate about them like to call the medicinal leech a “living pharmacy”. The glands of the Medicinal leech contain more than one hundred compounds. They serve many purposes, e.g. protect us against thrombophlebitis, prevent us from having strokes and myocardial infarcts, improve the blood circulation and immunological resistance in the whole body, aerate all organs, restore the bodies homeostasis, which is highly important, as thanks to it, the body functions properly. Thus, leeches might be considered a sort of vaccine which protects us from a disastrous impact of civilization. Hirudotherapy can be an effective supportive therapy in treating many diseases. Leech sound is from 2 to 200Hz and it is a healing sound working with the electromagnetic body field.
Only just a few main indications for Hirudotherapy:-
Cardiovascular problems – main nowadays population problem – including hypertension , atherosclerosis , varicose veins , haemorrhoids and many others
All type of inflammation including rheumatology diseases, sinusitis, skin problems and many others
Diabetes
Pain – headache , back pain , post traumatic pain
Cosmetology problems – skin scars post skin burns, great skin injuries
Detox, anxiety, depression
Each client is carefully consulted before therapy to exclude any contraindication.
Exact Leech Therapy application/Therapy lasts about 30-60 minutes max.
Main course of Leech Therapy – 8-10 Applications/Therapies.
Only just a few main indications for Hirudotherapy:-
Cardiovascular problems – main nowadays population problem – including hypertension , atherosclerosis , varicose veins , haemorrhoids and many others
All type of inflammation including rheumatology diseases, sinusitis, skin problems and many others
Diabetes
Pain – headache , back pain , post traumatic pain
Cosmetology problems – skin scars post skin burns, great skin injuries
Detox, anxiety, depression
Each client is carefully consulted before therapy to exclude any contraindication.
Exact Leech Therapy application/Therapy lasts about 30-60 minutes max.
Main course of Leech Therapy – 8-10 Applications/Therapies.