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In 2015 I bent down to lift my daughter and, on the way up, I collapsed under a back spasm. I have suffered with my back for as long as l can remember, but this particular incident was both unexpected and excruciating.

After several months avoiding lifting heaving items (and children), it started to feel better, but then I did exactly the same thing again! This time I realised it wasn’t just going to fix itself, so I went to the doctor.

But my doctor was actually very unhelpful. She said it was normal that, after two children, I would have back problems and that I should join a pilates class – thanks very much!

I decided I would find a private physiotherapist as my doctor...

When we decided we were ready to have a baby (well, as ready as we would ever be!), it didn’t occur to me that we would struggle. I thought I would fall pregnant quickly, as all my friends had.

So, when I didn’t, I was quite frankly shocked and disheartened. Whilst we had only been trying for around six months, I couldn’t help but feel a bit sad and disappointed.

It was when I was chatting with a close friend that she suggested reflexology. She had tried it and thoroughly recommended it. I was a little sceptical I’ll admit and wasn’t convinced it would work, but I took the attitude of “what have I got to lose?”

I found a therapist local to me who happened to specialise in reflexology for...

I’ve had hormone issues for many years; symptoms such as irregular cycles, pain and mood swings were common for me. But, when I started getting brain fog and night panics, I decided to visit the doctor.

After lots of investigations, it was confirmed that I had gone into perimenopause. At the time I was 41. I was quite young for this to happen, so it was a lot to get my head around.

My doctor said that I should have hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Because of my age, she told me that I would put myself at risk of osteoporosis if I didn’t do something to regulate my hormones...

A recent survey carried out on the Therapy Directory website suggests that people in the UK are placing a higher importance on complementary therapies to maintain their general health.

Since the late twentieth century, alternative and complementary therapies have been becoming more popular, gaining more coverage and carrying more weight within conventional healthcare. Whether used as a substitute or alongside conventional medicine, it seems there is now a place for complementary therapies in many people’s lives.

Everyone’s worst nightmare on a cold winter morning is to wake up with a sore throat, a blocked nose and a sore head. It means you are faced with the conundrum of either phoning the office to explain why you won’t be making it in today, or to drag yourself to work and inflict a variety of germs onto your co-workers.

While products such as aspirin and lemsip can be very useful in your dire state of need, there could be a helping hand from the humble elderberry. Extract from the black elderberry is the main, key ingredient in a product called sambucol that is designed to alleviate cold and flu symptoms. Sambucol also contains Betacarotene, Vitamin C, Vitamin D,...