Reflosocks for knee,hip and shoulder pains - testimonials

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Testimonial 1

Name: Patricia Pritchard

Age: 64

Occupation: Cleaner

Background (history of injury or ailment): Patricia suffers from chronic osteo -arthritis, which causes continual pain in her knees. Much of the time she is incapacitated, particularly the second half of the day .

Quote: “ since wearing Reflosocks I have a lot less pain; I am also happier and my general mood is better . ”

“ I wear them every day.”

“they help me through the day.”

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Testimonial 2

Name: Alfie Davidson

Age: 56

Occupation: Retired

Background (history of injury or ailment): general aches and pains in legs and hips ,especially knee joints when climbing stairs.

How Reflosocks have improved my condition:

Overall improvement with just the occasional twinge, usually after exercise or D.I.Y.

Quote: “After wearing Reflosocks for a while I particularly noticed the improvement in my knees. I now find I can climb the stairs without any difficulty.”

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Testimonial 3

Name: Asa Bengtsson

Age:33

Occupation: Team Manager

Background (history of injury or ailment):” I have had intermittent knee problems since puberty due to increased amount of cartiledge and roughage on the inside of the patella .I have in the last couple of years also suffered from aches in my right shoulder, mostly due to stress and compute/mouse work.”

How Reflosocks have improved my condition: “I used Reflosocks quite a lot and tried to use them on a regular time slot weekly/daily to notice improvement. I still have bad days with my shoulder, but the knee problems have virtually gone away altogether and the shoulder isn’t as bad as it used to be. “

Quote: ” By using Reflosocks regularly I have managed to virtually eradicate my knee pains altogether .I still have some achy problematic days with my shoulder, but much less so now than prior to using Reflosocks . I’d recommend these to anyone as they have really helped me.”

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Testimonial 4

Name: Julia Avis

Age: 46

Occupation: reflexologist and part time nursery assistant

Background (history of injury or ailment): Has had shoulder and lower back pain from years of working with small children and working at low tables. Julia had massages every month until June 2007 when she moved to the Waterside area.

How Reflosocks have improved my condition: “ I found that when I wore Reflosocks the shoulder and lower back pain eased . As a newly qualified reflexologist I was interested to see whether they would make a difference.”

Quote: ” I found that my shoulder and lower back pain eased when I wore Reflosocks. They definitely helped.”

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Testimonial 5

Name: Kelly –Jane Fletcher

Age: 27

Occupation: Special needs teacher

Background (history of injury or ailment):

Chronic knee pain on going for about 15 years.Had physio,hydrotherapy,acupuncture,tens machine, exercise .Still in pain/medication doubled .

No help given –still unsure of diagnosis – could be nerves.

How Reflosocks have improved my condition:

I am not taking as many tablets.

They have reduced aching/throbbing in knee at end of day.

They massage my feet

Not as much back pain.

Quote: ”It is good to know someone cares enough to consider a simple yet effective aid.”

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Testimonial 6

Name: Mrs Vivien Davis

Age:64

Occupation: List too numerous! Lets’ say housewife

Background (history of injury or ailment):

Intermittent pain in left knee over a period of a few years . No knee injury as such. I am a very active person and there are times when walking is painful and the pain restricts movement.

How Reflosocks have improved my condition:

If socks are worn as instructed there really is improvement . Knee gets stronger and the pain is less. I am impressed and will continue with this regime.

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I am recommending these to my friends – what more can I say. Any improvement is good improvement and without medication or surgery. Must be good! This is not a miracle cure , but by gosh it really helps.

Reflosocks for back and neck ache - testimonials

Reflotherapies profile 1

Name : Jackie Jackson

Occupation: swimming instructor and co-ordinator

Background: Jackie badly injured her back whilst shopping in 1999(she fell and landed on some equipment that had been left out) and suffered acute pain for 2 years afterwards, despite having regular physiotherapy and taking painkillers constantly. She was diagnosed with osteo-arthritis and a crumbling spine , and was finally persuaded to try a reflexology treatment at Reflotherapaies’ salon.

She was much better after just 1 treatment and she now has regular reflexology and wears her Reflosocks in between treatments .

Jackies’ words : “ i have found reflexology to be by far the most effective therapy for me, both in terms of pain relief and general mobility; i now wear my Reflosocks a couple of times a week when the need arises,in between reflexology sessions “.

Reflotherapies profile 2

Name: Jayne Thornton

Occupation: nurse

Background: Jane had suffered from a herniated disc and wear and tear on her back from work.

She now wears Reflosocks to help ease her backache, especially as her main hobby is jive dancing .

Jaynes’ words: “ i am wearing my reflosocks to help alleviate the wear and tear on my back and they are definitely helpful-in fact my husband now has a pair too!”

Reflotherapies profile 3

Name: Sylvia Wood

Occupation: Bra consultant for Marks and Spencer

Background: Sylvia’s active lifestyle and busy job mean that she is on her feet most of the day and consequently her lower back suffers; she combats this by wearing her Reflosocks when she feels the aches and pains are getting too much and she also has regular reflexology treatments .

Sylvias’ words :” I feel much more positive when i have been wearing my Reflosocks and i definitely notice the benefits .”

Reflexology and I.B.S.

REFLEXOLOGY AND I.B.S

You will probably noticed a holistic or complementary therapist every time you turn a corner these days, so undoubtedly you will have seen an advertisement for a reflexologist or even been for a treatment yourself. If you haven’t , you may know a few details about reflexology,i.e. that it is a kind of foot massage .Did you know though, that Reflexology is a very healing therapy which dates back thousands of years and it is quite often very effective in treating that 20^th Century curse , Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

I.B.S. is thought to affect one in ten people in Britain.

It can occur at any age, but is most frequent and severe in women aged 20-50.

Symptoms include constipation, diarrhoea, wind, bloating, abdominal pain or any combination of the above .

I.B.S. is quite often brought on by stress, but can sometimes be diet – related.

Sufferers are advised to look at their diet, and given painkillers and anti – spasmodic drugs .

Reflexology can step in and help in the case of stress induced IBS, as it helps to calm and relax the muscles surrounding the abdomen, and the organs themselves. Regular reflexology can help to calm the system and reduce the severity of IBS attacks, hopefully meaning less nasty attacks of diarrhoea or constipation ,or pains in the abdomen .

I have also found excellent results in treating children with similar digestive problems i.e. chronic constipation and pains in the tummy.

Generally speaking children of any age respond very well to Reflexology, because their bodies aren’t so clogged up from years of pollutants, food, drink and other accumulated toxins which all hinder the healing process in adults. The only downside of treating children is that they don’t see reflexology as a treat the way that grown ups do !

If you are one of the many IBS sufferers I hope this article has given you

‘food for thought’ about Reflexology; however, please bear in mind that although reflexology is a very healing, balancing and lets not forget altogether gorgeous therapy, it is not a miracle cure, and the best course of action is to have regular reflexology treatments over a period of 6 to 12 months before you can look forward to just having it is a maintenance treatment every now and then.

Mrs Samantha Fisher IIHHT MDYTA

Reflexology case study on excema

This case study is posted on my blog to show the beneficial effect that reflexology can have on excema ;my case study is a female in her early 40s who has suffered from excema for most of her
life . As far as she is aware the trigger is not dietary,although she is partial to dairy prodce,especially cheese and also tropical fruit.She believes that the excema trigger is mainly stress,also her mother had similar symptoms and her daughter also has small patches of excema so it would seem to be partly hereditary too. She also has asthma.As with many excema sufferers,she can only use medicated unperfumed shampoos and soaps etc .
The excema appears as raised red,itchy patches on her hands,backs of knees,legs,across her back,on her chest and neck and also her face- it flares up usually in October/November and she has noticed that it is usually quite bad when she is in a damp environment .
She has in the past used lavender essential oil (diluted in a carrier oil) topically which she found helpful .
PLEASE NOTE THAT AS THIS IS A REFLEXOLOGY CASE STUDY I WILL BE REFERING TO REFLEX AREAS ON THE FEET AND THEREFORE THE CORRRESPONDING AREA OF THE BODY WHICH THEY RELATE TO .
session 1 - 17 January 2007
skin on feet is quite dry -callouses over cervical reflexes on both feet (has had a car accident a few years ago and suffered whiplash-has had problems ever since) .
Bronchial tube reflexes congested
stomach and small intestine reflexes quite tender
large lump on both feet over area relating to duodenum (absorbtion point) ,very painful and tender on both feet.
Large intestine reflex o.k.
nothing noted on ileo-caecal reflex.
Client felt light headed straight after the treatment .

session 2 - 29 January 2007 (2 weeks later )
comments/feedback from client from 1st treatment
Excema flared up a bit,she also had stomach pains that afternoon - note: it is very common for people to experience a 'flare up ' after their first reflexology treatment - it is a sign that the body is responding to the treatment and is trying to balance itself and shake off the ailment or condition.
Reflexes the same as first treatment - large lumps over duodenum reflexes ,very painful and tender still

session 3 - 13 February 2007
Comments from client after second treatment :
excema not too bad now -it is just on her hands and across her back .she has not had any hard cheese since the last treatment and has tried soya yoghurt and goats' cheese .
Continued with a full reflexology treatment - all reflexes the same except for duodenum reflex which is not as pronounced and hard on the feet and not as tender to the client .

session 4 - 2 March 2007
comments from client after treatment 3:
client only has excema on her hands now.It is not present on her torso or back .She is only eating cheese when she goes out,and is just eating yoghurt occasionally .
Treatment result is the same as last session.

session 5 - 27 March 2007(4 weeks later)
comments from previous treatment:
I Little excema on her back,hands are really good . Still limiting dairy intake .
Reflexology treatment no.5 - all reflexes quite good . No tenderness on digestive reflexes,duodenum reflex is much less pronounced,just a small lump now and not tender to touch.


session 6 - 21 May 2007(6 weeks later)
Client has had a bad ecxema 'flare up' which she has pt down to eating a lot of tropical fruit .She has cut this out of her diet now and her skin is much better.She has been eating yoghurt,but not buying cheese.
Reflexes all quite good,despite the recent flare up of excema .


session 7 -6 July 2007(6 weeks later)
Skin is really good at the moment .
Reflexology treatments are now happening at 6 week intervals .Full treatment as before .

session 8 - 16 August 2007 (6 week interval)
skin has been really good apart from a minor stress related flare up before an operation.
Full treatment carried out as previously.


session 9 - 24 September 2007
Client has been tressed due to going back work after operation - she has a bit of excema on her hands and backs of legs,but otherwise ok .

session 10 - 29 January 2008 ( break in treatments due to client going back to work and Christmas holidays etc)
Feedback from client since our last session :
She feels that her skin has been really good . It flared up a little bit due to stress,but not to any major degree.She is eating chesses and tropical fruit in small quantities,and ate quite a lot of cheese at Christmas .Despite this her skin has been vergy good and any small excema patches have cleared up much quicker than they would normally.


Over all we both feel that reflexology at regular intervals has been very beneficial to this person,and we have established that her triggers seem to be 1. stress 2. dairy 3. tropical fruit . She feels that with the help of regular reflexology treatments she can now tolerate these things much more without having bad flare ups of excema . Below are some questions and answers from the lady herself......
1. Had you considered reflexology before i approached you to be a case study?
No, i used only non-sensiitive products,all soaps,moisturisers,bath oils etc medicated from my g.p.
2.Have you enjoyed the reflexology and di you feel that it was explained adequately to you at the start of the course?
Yes,it was very relaxing,more painful that i thought it would be for the first couple of times.I didn't have much of an understanding before of reflexology,but it was fully explained to me by Sam .
3.Have you found the over-all experience to be benfeicial to you excema?if so,on a scale of 1-10 what would the rating be?
I have found that my excema has definitely improved,it didn't flare up as much last year,only the odd couple of days when it has been sore.I would score it overall at about 7 or 8 out of 10.
4.Would you recommend reflexology to others as a treatment for excema?
Yes,definitely combined with looking at diet i.e.dairy products or acidic fruit.
5.Are there any other comments you would like to make on this course of treatments?
I found it to be an enjoyable and therapeutic form of treatment,that has generally improved my skin condition.