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