Reflexology For Fertility: A Practitioners Guide to Natural and Assisted Conception

by Barbara Scott

Overview

Reproductive reflexology is a minefield for practitioners with much conflicting advice being given in terms of what we can and cannot do. Many practitioners choose not to work with clients who are having difficulties conceiving or who are undertaking IVF etc as, either they feel too inexperienced or think it is too complex for them and are not sure when and how to treat. The book provides a step-by-step guide, giving practitioners a structured format on how to obtain the information they will need from their clients, how to interpret it, how to plan treatment, and what techniques they will need to use. This allows practitioners to work, not only with clients who are trying to conceive, but with a wide range of reproductive conditions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780289014
Publisher:	Watkins Media
Publication date:	04/26/2016
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Barbara Scott trained with Nicola Hall of the Bayley School of Reflexology and she is a member of The British Reflexology Association and now Chair of The Association of Reproductive Reflexologists.She has been in practice for over 20 years. She lives in Wales.

Table of Contents

Author's note 1

Foreword Dr Marilyn Glenville 3

Introduction 5

Chapter 1 Gathering information: building a picture for fertility 13

Chapter 2 Repro-assessment and practical tools and techniques 31

Chapter 3 The menstrual cycle 59

Chapter 4 All about ovulation 69

Chapter 5 Female fertility and how to treat it 89

Chapter 6 The life cycle of a sperm 117

Chapter 7 Male fertility factors 123

Chapter 8 Conventional approaches to diagnosis 153

Chapter 9 Assisted conception: medicated cycles 175

Chapter 10 Assisted conception: IUI 191

Chapter 11 Assisted conception: IVF and ICSI 211

Chapter 12 Nutrition and lifestyle factors 261

Chapter 13 Considering your clients' emotions 277

Chapter 14 Treating with Reproductive Reflexology: the guidelines 287

Resources 291

References 293

Useful addresses 301

Index 303