Reflexology can be used alongside conventional medicine to support patients following breast cancer treatments.

There is some evidence that demonstrates that reflexology can support you to:

• cope with anxiety and stress by promoting relaxation
• lift your mood and give a feeling of well being

Here is a link to the Cancer Research website which features a study looking at how reflexology can support with lymphoedema (swelling of lymph nodes) after treatment for breast cancer.

 

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/find-a-clinical-trial/a-study-looking-reflexology-manage-lymphoedema-after-breast-cancer-treatment#:~:text=We%20know%20from%20research%20that,arm%20after%20breast%20cancer%20treatment.