Therapy Research & Articles

Reflexology Specific 

• Using thermal imaging to measure changes in breast cancer related lymphoedema during reflexology
• Antenatal Reflexology and labour outcomes
• Reflexology for children experiencing chronic or persistent pain
• Management of breast cancer related lymphedema
• Children with 'everyday insecurities'
• Fatigue, pain and sleep quality in lymphoma patients
• Infants with sensorineural hearing loss
• Patients' Physiological symptoms in ICU
• Psychological effects of reflexology in early breast cancer
• Chronic low back pain intensity in nurses
• Patients with Breast Cancer
• Fibromyalgia 
• Aromatherapy and Reflexology Reduce Pain, Anxiety Associated with Alternative Cancer Treatment
• Stress in nursing home residents with mild-to-moderate stage dementia
• Diabetic Neuropathy
• ​​UK study suggests Reflexology 'effective pain relief' 
• Reflexology versus massage in reducing pain and its intensity, frequency, and duration of the attacks in females with migraine
• Breast milk volume in mothers of premature infants
• Managing secondary Lymphoedema for patients affected by treatments for breast cancer
• Cancer Research A study looking at reflexology to manage Lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment
• Fertility
• Reflexology in women during the postnatal period significantly improved the quality of sleep
• Summary of research into Reflexology by University of Minnesota
• National Institute for Healthcare and Excellence (NICE) - Reflexology Research 
• Child health
• Constipation status of elderly people

Massage Therapy Specific

• Hand & foot massage on preoperative pain
• Low back massage on perceived birth pain and satisfaction
• ​​How superficial touch therapy eases pain
• The impact of massage therapy on pain
• Massage therapy for reducing pain, anxiety, and depression in oncology palliative care patients
• Massage for anxiety and stress

Scar and Wound Treatment Specific

• Britain's first specialist wound hub opens
• The interrelation between appearance anxiety and sexual function in women: The role of surgical scars, morphologic features and accompanying depression
• The benefits of scar massage
• A multidisciplinary approach to scars

Complementary Health Care

• Spa accreditation campaign for cancer patients
• The many faces of B12 deficiency
• The effect of complementary medicine and therapies on maternal anxiety and depression
• Could complementary health approaches improve the symptom experience and outcomes for critically ill adults
• Science confirms that the Vagus Nerve is key to Well-being
• Effects of Lavender on anxiety
• Integrative Oncology
• Stress hormones promote breast cancer metastasis
• MPs recommend complementary, traditional, and natural medicine to help overstretched NHS
• Article about one person's experience of trying a range of complementary therapies