Could reflexology help arthritis sufferers?

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic

It will surprise you to discover how far reaching the benefits can be. Not only is it a truly holistic treatment but it is also an extremely pleasant experience. People get hooked on the good experience of the treatment and the health benefits gained. [...]

What is Reflexology?

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and health Clinic
For thousands of years a system of pressure and massage applied to the feet has been refined and perfected into the holistic health treatment known today as reflexology. Reflexology has the capacity to help many conditions, but it is also possible to detect existing ailments and [...]

Joint Problems

Sonia Jones from the haven Spa and Health Clinic

Many millions of Americans suffer from chronic joint pain. What does this mean to their quality of life? What is there to look forward to on waking-up each morning -aches, lack of mobility, pain that can make it difficult to get out of bed, [...]

BEANS making them easier to digest

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic

As an arthritis sufferer you may have read how cutting down on meat will help to relieve inflammation by cutting down on foods that encourage the production of arachidonic acids, certain prostaglandins, and hence inflammation and pain. I am not suggesting you need to [...]

Many arthritis sufferers take antacids

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic

Some people find the medication they take causes them a lot of digestive problems.
Does eating give you heart burn? Do you reach for antacids that may or may not work, are expensive, have side-effects and only treat your symptoms? Taking antacids can compromise your [...]

Adrenal Glands and the Pancreas

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic

Enter the pancreas and the two little adrenal glands, they are the emergency team.

What do I mean by this? Every time you eat foods that are high in sugar and/or white flour our blood sugar levels get elevated, giving us a boost and for a [...]

Craving and addictions sabotage your arthritis program

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic

Don’t skip this article, you may think because you don’t take recreational drugs or don’t smoke cigarettes or drink too much alcohol that addiction doesn’t apply to you. However, I am talking about the everyday substances you find on the supermarket shelves!

Do addictions and [...]

Can lupus affect pregnancy?

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
The people most at risk of getting lupus are women of child bearing age. So how does lupus affect pregnancy?
If you have lupus and are considering getting pregnant, you will need very close supervision during your pregnancy, during the delivery and the [...]

Conventional drug treatment for systemic lupus

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
They say there is no cure for systemic lupus.
Goal is to relieve suffering, reduce inflammation and protect the organs.
Many patients with mild symptoms may need no treatment or only intermittent courses of anti-inflammatory medications.
Conventional treatments for more serious illness involving damage to internal organ(s) may require [...]

Diagnosing Lupus (a form of arthritis)

The combination of symptoms can vary enormously from one patient to another depending on which organ/s are involved. Making it quite difficult to diagnose Lupus (one of many diseases that full under the arthritis banner/.

The American Rheumatism Association set out 11 criteria and if a person has 4 or more it is thought that [...]