Research & Articles

Reflexology Specific

• Effect of pre-cesarean foot reflexology on anxiety of primiparous women
• How Reflexology helps children with 'everyday insecurities'
• The  effects of Reflexology on fatigue, pain and sleep quality in lymphoma patients
• Effects of Reflexology on infant with sensorineural hearing loss
• The effect of complementary medicine and therapies on maternal anxiety and depression
• Impact of Reflexology on Patients' Physiological symptoms in ICU
• A  trial of the psychological effects of reflexology in early breast cancer
• Effects of Reflexology on Chronic low back pain intensity in nurses
• Cohort study on the impact of Reflexology in Patients with Breast Cancer
• Effects of Reflexology on Fibromyalgia 
• Aromatherapy and Reflexology Reduce Pain, Anxiety Associated with Alternative Cancer Treatment
• Reflexology as a treatment of stress in nursing home residents with mild-to-moderate stage dementia
• Reflexology & Diabetic Neuropathy
• ​​UK study suggest Reflexology 'effective pain relief' 
• Effects of feet reflexology versus segmental massage in reducing pain and its intensity, frequency and duration of the attacks in females with migraine
• ​The effect of foot reflexology on breast milk volume in Mothers of premature infants
• Use of Reflexology in 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
• Article on research into the benefits of reflexology to 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 
• Effects of reflexology on child health

Massage Therapy Specific

• Effects of low back massage on perceived birth pain and satisfaction
• ​​How superficial touch therapy eases pain
• The impact of massage therapy on pain
• The use of massage therapy for reducing pain, anxiety and depression in oncology palliative care patients
• Massage therapy for anxiety and stress

Scar and Wound Treatment Specific

• Britain's first specialist wound hub opens
• 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 

• 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 persons experience of trying a range of complementary therapies