25/11/2025
🌿 How Reflexology Supports You Through Menopause
At CL Body Therapy, Carlisle
Menopause is a major physical and emotional transition, and many clients come to me feeling tired, overwhelmed, and not quite themselves. Reflexology offers a gentle, supportive way to help your body cope during this time — and there’s research to back it up.
✨ Helps ease hot flushes & night sweats
A Randomised Controlled Trial with 120 women showed that reflexology significantly reduced hot flushes and night sweats after a short course of sessions (Borzou et al., 2016).
✨ Supports deeper, more restorative sleep
Many clients tell me they sleep better after reflexology. A systematic review found improvements in menopause-related symptoms, including better sleep quality (Li et al., 2020).
✨ Lifts mood and eases emotional overwhelm
Reflexology helps calm the nervous system, reducing stress and helping your body move out of “fight or flight.”
A Randomised Controlled Trial found significant improvements in depression levels in menopausal women after six weeks of treatment (Khalili et al., 2019).
✨ Improves overall quality of life
Research using the MENQOL (Menopause Quality of Life Index) found that women receiving reflexology reported better mood, more physical comfort, and improvements in sexual wellbeing (Borzou et al., 2016).
Other studies also show symptom relief, though results can vary (Shalev et al., 2002).
✨ Reflexology at CL Body Therapy
Every session is tailored to your exact needs — your symptoms, stress levels and stage of menopause. I work with reflex points linked to hormone regulation, sleep, digestion and the nervous system to help your body rebalance and cope more comfortably.
🔍 A gentle note
The research is promising but still developing. What we consistently see — both in studies and here in the clinic — is that women feel calmer, sleep better, and manage symptoms more easily after reflexology.
