Plymstock Reflexology & Bowen

01/02/2026

A bit more light. A bit more love.

Welcome, February! ❤️

30/01/2026

Effective sports recovery is essential for maintaining performance, reducing injury risk, and supporting overall physical wellbeing. Recovery involves more than muscles alone. It also relies on healthy circulation, nervous system regulation, and the body’s ability to restore balance after physical exertion.

Reflexology is a complementary therapy that may support sports recovery by encouraging deep relaxation and helping to regulate the nervous system. After intense or prolonged activity, the body can remain in a heightened stress state, which may contribute to muscle tension and delayed recovery. By promoting a relaxation response, reflexology may help the body shift into a state that supports repair and restoration.

Reflexology may also support circulation, helping to improve the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to working muscles while assisting with the removal of metabolic waste products. This can be particularly beneficial during recovery phases following training or competition.

As a holistic therapy, reflexology does not replace sports medicine or physiotherapy, but it may be used alongside conventional approaches to support flexibility, comfort, and overall recovery balance. Over time, regular sessions may help athletes and physically active individuals maintain resilience and body awareness.



💜 The Irish Reflexologists’ Institute (IRI) is the professional body for reflexology in Ireland, supporting reflexologists through education, professional standards, continued learning, and a connected practitioner community. 💜

27/01/2026

27/01/2026

27/01/2026

Your lymphatic system plays a key role in fluid balance and waste removal, helping the body feel lighter and more comfortable. When lymph flow becomes sluggish - often linked to stress, reduced movement, or warmer weather - puffiness or swelling in the feet and lower legs can occur.

Reflexology works with specific lymphatic reflex points on the feet, using gentle, intentional techniques to encourage the natural movement of lymph.

Reflexology may help to:
• support healthy lymphatic circulation
• assist the body’s natural detox processes
• reduce fluid retention and swelling
• promote a sense of lightness and balance

A calm, supportive approach that works with the body, not against it.

26/01/2026

✨ Did you know Reflexology can support your weight-loss journey? ✨

Reflexology isn’t about quick fixes — it’s about supporting your body so it can do what it’s meant to do 💚

By working on specific reflex points in the feet, reflexology may help to:
👣 Support digestion and metabolism
😌 Reduce stress/cortisol & emotional eating
triggers
💤 Improve sleep and energy levels
⚖️ Encourage hormonal balance
🌿 Boost overall wellbeing and motivation

When your body feels more balanced and relaxed, making healthy choices becomes easier, cravings are reduced — and that’s where real, sustainable change begins ✨

Reflexology works best alongside a healthy lifestyle, mindful eating, and movement you enjoy. It’s a gentle, natural way to support your goals from the inside out 💫

📩 Curious to learn more or book a session? Message me to get started!

25/01/2026

Thanks Gus. Great information.

24/01/2026

What if improvement doesn’t always come from doing more, but from doing less, more precisely?

This UK study often sparks discussion, not because it promises outcomes, but because it invites better questions.

In Bowen Therapy, results like this aren’t about force or repetition. They point us toward:
⦁ how the nervous system responds to timing and safety
⦁ how fascia communicates change beyond the site of pain
⦁ how pauses allow the body to reorganise, rather than be corrected

For practitioners, this kind of data encourages curiosity about mechanism, not just technique.

For those exploring Bowen, it offers insight into why a minimal approach can still be clinically meaningful.

We’re sharing this to open conversation - not conclusions.

What do you feel makes the biggest difference in outcomes:
the technique, the timing, or the body’s readiness to respond?

23/01/2026

You can receive FREE Reflexology treatments if you have a healthplan such as Simply Health, Medicare, Benaden, Bupa and many more. Check with your healthcare provider and when you come for Reflexology I can provide you with a receipt for you to claim the cost back.

23/01/2026

Love this from Positively Present

22/01/2026

Osteoarthritis is now understood as a whole-joint condition — involving muscles, nerves, joint fluid, connective tissue, and movement patterns, not just cartilage.

That’s why current clinical guidelines increasingly emphasise non-surgical, conservative approaches — particularly movement-based and supportive care — as important early considerations.

Bowen Therapy takes a whole-body perspective, considering how joints are supported, coordinated, and loaded through the rest of the body, rather than focusing on a single joint in isolation.

Source: Clodagh Toomey, Physiotherapist and Associate Professor, School of Allied Health, University of Limerick