At Bury Hospice, we recognise that patients and their families need more than medical care, and that is why we have developed services that provide emotional, spiritual, and wellbeing support too.
Our complementary therapy service is dedicated to holistically looking after patients and their loved ones.
Our practitioners, Johanna Cohen and Janice Gilbert provide approximately 50 reiki, reflexology, and massage treatments a week to patients living with a life limiting illness in the Bury community, as well as their families.
Additionally, both Johanna and Janice are qualified in reflexology lymph drainage (which supports people who have damaged or removed lymph nodes), helping to reduce swelling in areas affected by oedema.
The complementary treatments available at the hospice help to support people with numerous issues, including stress, anxiety and peripheral neuropathy (numbness, tingling, pain or weakness in the hands, arms or feet).
The hospice is committed to making the experience seamless and as all-inclusive as possible, for people who need our help – as a result, our complementary therapy service has become a regular fixture that many local people look forward to.
This World Reflexology Week (September 23 to 29), we are highlighting the importance of holistically looking after the individual person with compassionate therapeutic care.
For the past year, Diane Hastings has been coming into the hospice for reflexology sessions, which help with the neuropathy in her hands and feet.
Diane said: “I love my sessions, they help with my sleep and with relaxing, and just give me an hour to myself.
“The atmosphere in the treatment room is nice – you just feel chilled. Reflexology is a really relaxing treatment that is highly beneficial.”
All of the complementary treatments at the hospice are beneficial in many ways, as they can help to manage symptoms such as nausea and pain.
The carers that we treat particularly benefit from having some time out to be looked after by the complementary therapy team.
Our patients and their carers have the space and opportunity to talk about how they are feeling whenever they come in for therapeutic treatment at the hospice.
Head to buryhospice.org.uk/supportive-care if you would like to find out more about the supportive care – complementary therapy service at the hospice.
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