Living with pain after cancer treatment can be both physically and emotionally challenging.
For many people, symptoms continue long after active treatment has finished, affecting comfort, sleep, mobility, energy levels and overall wellbeing.
Reflexology offers a gentle, non-invasive therapy that may support relaxation, ease physical discomfort and help calm the nervous system.
Sessions are adapted carefully, taking into account your medical history, current symptoms, and what feels appropriate for you on the day.
This work does not replace medical care. Instead, it offers supportive, compassionate treatment alongside conventional care in a calm and respectful setting.
How reflexology may support you
People seek reflexology following cancer treatment for a variety of reasons, including:
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Ongoing or persistent pain
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Peripheral neuropathy
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Tension and muscular discomfort
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Fatigue and poor sleep
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Stress, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm
Sessions are always guided by comfort, consent and your individual needs.
What to expect from a session
Reflexology sessions are unhurried and gentle.
Treatment focuses on supporting the nervous system and encouraging deep relaxation, allowing the body time to settle and regulate. There is no need to talk during the session unless you wish to. Many people value the quiet, restorative nature of this work.
Sessions take place in a private garden studio in Milngavie, Glasgow, offering a peaceful space where you can feel supported and at ease.
Every person's experience after cancer treatment is different.
Sessions are never forced or prescriptive, and adjustments are made at every stage to ensure safety, comfort, and respect.
If you are unsure whether reflexology is suitable for you, you are welcome to get in touch to discuss this gently before booking
.This Reflexology protocol was developed by Dr. Carol Samuel, PhD of the UK for treating Pain caused by the Cancer and its Treatments. She is a scientist and her research is evidence based.
Dr. Samuel is a Cancer Survivor herself and she is the only person to receive a PhD in the Scientific Evaluation of Reflexology for Managing Pain.
Managing Pain with Reflexology is a 60 minute treatment, which includes working the spine and brain reflexes on the legs and feet to access the central nervous system. The Spinal Cord is the most important area for working out the answers to tissue damage and pain. When our body is alert to a dangerous situation, it is the spinal nerves that receive the first message and relays that message to the brain
Reflexology Research
Cancer and Pallative Care
Sessions are held in my private garden studio in Milngavie, Glasgow