| More and more alternative health treatments | | | | appointment. She really enjoyed it and is now |
| are available these days, however how | | | | looking into other treatments such as reiki |
| successful are they in solving our health | | | | and things like an indian head massage, she |
| problems. In this article I write about this | | | | is becoming hooked. |
| subject, I hope you find it interesting and | | | | |
| enjoyable to read. | | | | As for my own experiences, I am somebody who |
| | | | had a speech impediment known as a stutter |
| A few years ago my girlfriend was having some | | | | from the age of four. My parents regularly |
| trouble with her health, she complained of | | | | took me to traditional speech therapy over |
| constant aches in various areas of her body. | | | | the next eleven years. The advice from what I |
| She felt lethargic and generally low. She | | | | remember was two fold, firstly they advised |
| went to the doctor and tried conventional | | | | me to take a deep breath before talking and |
| treatments and tablets. This unfortunately | | | | secondly to speak slower. I had no confidence |
| did not remedy the situation and she became | | | | with these therapists as a lot of my friends |
| more and more frustrated. | | | | spoke quicker than I did and not one of them |
| | | | took a deep breath before they spoke. They |
| A friend recommended reflexology and despite | | | | also had never had a stutter themselves and |
| many reservations and doubts my girlfriend | | | | therefore I felt it was impossible for them |
| agreed to give it a go. She returned from her | | | | to understand what I was going through. |
| appointment full of excitement and stated | | | | |
| that she had never felt more relaxed. Now | | | | After working very hard for nearly year I |
| this is not to say that reflexology will work | | | | managed to overcome my stutter. I did this by |
| for everyone but her experience was very | | | | reading many books to do with positive |
| positive. | | | | thinking and mind over a matter as well as |
| | | | studying people who I thought were very good |
| With this positive outcome my girlfriend | | | | at talking. This was my own form of |
| became more open to alternative therapy and | | | | alternative therapy and it worked for me. |
| then decided to attend an aromatherapy | | | | |