Polycystic Ovaries

[prosmailru]

I an a student coming to the end of my course and coming to the end of my case studies.
I have a 32 year old lady who has had polycysic ovary syndrome since she was 21. She is in good health and has 4 chikdren 2 naturally , 2 with medical assisance. I am just about to give her treatment 10 we were really aiming to maybe start her menstrual cycle, the pcos cause skin problems and weight gain.
There has been no chancge in the pcos. I give a full tretment and then re do reproductive, endocrine lower spine hip and pelvis again, Is there anything else I can do to help this lady I really had hoped for some change although she since having the treatments she feels really calm and relaxed about life in general ( her knees dont hurt any more either) Am I just being too optomistic about my abilites?

 

[Kithara]

You're not being too optimistic about your abilities, but you're probably being too optimistic about her condition. If she's had this for years you're not going to fix it in a couple of months. And if her knees don't hurt any more, I'd say you're onto a winner there. Keep doing what you're doing. As long as she's happy to keep coming and she feels there's an improvement and a point to continuing her sessions with you, I'd say that's what counts. But don't forget, we don't offer cures. We just offer reflexology.

Sounds like you're doing fine to me.

 

[CAB?Loserrface]

thank you for that, your relpy was very encouraging

 

[borbianytrami]

Hi, I have just seen your note and thought I might be able to offer a little help. Unfortunately you don't state what treatment you are using and your profile doesn't give anything away either!

There is a book available which is very successful and I have used it to great effect. Unfortunately I have let it out on loan at the moment so don't have the title to hand. However, you may find it on Amazon if you look up books by Dr Jenny Brand-Miller under the heading Low Gi diet. The PCOS book is written in association with another professor who I think takes the title of author. Try looking at 'Managing PCOS with the Low Gi Diet'. It is a stab in the dark at the title but I'm sure you will be able to find it if you give it a try. The book is published by HODDER MOBIUS www.hoddermobius.com

I think I have just remembered the title: The Low Gi Guide to Managing PCOS.

Good luck and please pass on my best wishes to your client. Tell her to take this book seriously and just eat what she is told to in the book. Stress that there is no compromise - no room for 'I don't like that' or 'I only eat peas'!! If there are foods in this book that she really doesn't like, she must try them again and again until she does like them. It sounds brutal but it does work and her alternative is living with her condition!

Best wishes

Martin

 

[Euan Bowie]

This being the reflexology forum, I'd say it's reflexology

Good advice though, although I'd be careful about direct advice or recommendations, especially as a student. If you're a nutritional therapist then giving nutritional advice is fine. However, if you're not and you give black and white nutritional advice you could be held liable if she has any kind of adverse reaction as a result of your advice. Better to recommend she reads the book and let her take it from there.

I hate the fact that we learn all this stuff but can't be direct about it. But that's insurance and our litigious society for you.

 

[Draco is angry beans!]

I had a client that came for eleven months before her cycles returned. PCO and PCOS can really try your patience, but trust in the fact that the Reflexology sessions are slowly chipping away at a chronic problem.

 

[Julio]

Thanks Barefoot amy. Its nice to know that some things will take time before we get a response. She is happy to continue having treatments after my exams , my tutor also suggested diet but we only do a 1 day nutrition workshop on our course so although i have a better understanding of nutrition I would not feel happy advising anyone on diet for a specific condition.

 

[MichaelInScarborough]

Hi, I have been having reflexology and also have PCOS and I would def say it has helped regulate my periods. I actually have lumps on the area of the foot where my ovaries etc are. It has helped with the pain side of it too and I find that as long as I have at least one session a month I can get a relatively pain free period- I used to be doubled over and very sick for the first couple of days.

I have also been to see a homeopath and would say for sure the food side is a necessity. I started eating meat again after years and years of being veggie and this has at long last been the thing which has helped me lose weight.

Thing to remember is a lot of people can use PCOS as an excuse not to watch what they eat. DOn't get me wrong. Until I went to the homeopath and found the foods my body could cope with I literally couldn't lose weight regardless of how little food/ much exercise I did. So I know how frustrating it can be.

 

[Jerry Toad]

As a sufferer, I can vouch that the book on PCOS and diet is a good one.

When I trained in reflexology, I lost 3 stone, in 9 months, other things were going on, but I am sure my weekly treatments with fellow students had an impact.

The benefits of reflexology are evident, having worked with PCOS sufferers since learning reflexology, I know that the benefits show themselves if you continue with a regular treatment backed up with some sensible lifestyle changes - Reflexology is about the treatment AND the aftercare.

You can spend a lot of time treating one problem, but it is easy to see changes in other areas, the body heals as it sees fit, there is change for your client, in her knee, that can most likely be attributed to her treatments, feel happy a change occured. The outcomes of reflexology may not be the ones you are hoping for, or expecting, but keep an eye, sometimes they can be surprising.