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I have been visiting Joan for the last two years. She is warm, welcoming and very caring, doing what she can to help individuals get the most from their sessions. The setting is calming and relaxing, and I always leave floating on a cloud, I find reflexology to be a huge stress reliever.

I went to Joan having never had reflexology before, and was rather cynical in what she could do for me. My main goal was to become pregnant after trying for almost three years. I was already seeing NHS doctors and no cause had been found as to why I hadn't fallen pregnant before. A few sessions with Joan and I had my first positive test, I just couldn't believe it.

Me and my husband have had a difficult fertility journey, having sadly suffered multiple miscarriages. But we were keen to do all that we could to avoid IVF or IUI due to no physical problems being identified, and now being able to fall naturally since starting reflexology. During my time with Joan she recommended a number of things having done her own research, and suggested I visit a particular doctor in Epsom she had read about. After a while I decided to see this doctor and was surprised that most of what he was telling us was exactly what Joan had been telling us as a couple for months.

Joan had mentioned that male fertility, especially sperm quality was an important factor to our issues. The doctor said exactly the same, my husband gave up smoking immediately, started taking vitamin supplements, and began going to reflexology on a seeking basis to improve our chances.

Joan had said of me that I should discuss with a doctor the possibility of steroids and progesterone helping me in future pregnancies. After a blood test by the doctor he identified I had high NK cells, which is to do with my bodies immune system. He stated that would have contributed to my previous miscarriages and could be treated with steroids and progesterone. Everything Joan had said was true.

2018 is a new year and a new start for me and my husband. We continue to see Joan alongside our new fertility programme, and it all seems far more hopeful then ever before, and all due to Joan's input. I can't thank her enough, she has gone by far over and beyond.

I can't recommend Joan enough, and hope that other couples in similar situations of undiagnosed fertility issues will explore this route of using reflexology to help their situation. If nothing else, it can be great for relieving stress in a time that is deeply distressing.

My wife had been seeing Joan for over a year, and she had been asking me to go along to reflexology for a while. I had never heard of it before, and as a bloke thought it was daft, and thought my friends would just laugh at me. But I went along, my wife and I have been trying for a child for years and I knew it was important to for me to at least try reflexology.

I found it odd that Joan could identify things on my feet about the rest of my body, for example digestive problems, but thought my wife must have just told Joan these things. As time went on I started to enjoy the sessions and Joan was willing to talk about our fertility issues, and offer support and advice.

Since seeing Joan I have now stopped smoking, cut down my alcohol intake, and taken steps to improve my diet. I even tell my friends when I'm going and find that they are more interested in what reflexology is all about, rather than them laughing at me about going.

I’m not going to lie, my first ever visit to Joan was a desperate attempt to find some relief from an illness and symptoms which had taken over my body. To say I was cynical is an

understatement, but that was because no doctors could give me answers or help me and everything I had tried before made no difference.

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Nearly 3 years ago I was a victim of medical negligence at the hands of the NHS, I contracted sepsis from a routine operation, which went unnoticed and untreated and nearly died. I underwent 3 major operations in 3 weeks and was left with a large open wound which needed daily packing and dressing. As a result I suffered countless more infections and have been left with what has now been diagnosed as chronic and irreversible muscular and nerve damage, which has completely changed my life, I am unable to work, or simple stand or walk for more than a few minutes, and I am always in great pain. At first I was told all the pain and symptoms were in my head and I was pushed from doctor to doctor, none of whom were willing to help me. This is when Joan was recommended to me by a friend of my mothers. At the time I literally had nothing to lose by trying reflexology so I went. On my first visit I arrived as a broken woman, physically, mentally and spiritually. Joan could sense this from the second I walked in her door. I told her briefly about why I had come to her, and she set to work. She was able to find things wrong with me which I had never mentioned, and she went in to more detail about what was wrong and what needed fixing.

I started going weekly for several months and Joan managed to ‘reset’ many things which were wrong with my body. My bowel which hadn’t worked since the operations started working again, as if nothing was wrong. I found myself having more energy and was no longer confined to my bed as before. Whilst I am not cured and never will be the improvement I’ve had since starting reflexologist with Joan inimmeasurable. Joan gave me suggestions of things to discuss with my GP which lead on to me a consultant who is helping gain further treatment such as hydrotherapy, physiotherapy and cognitive therapy.

Most importantly, I can hand on heart say I wouldn’t be here today without Joan. To me my life was over, but reflexology has helped me gain back part of me again, especially in  one particular way. Last year I got married. I managed to walk down the aisle and spend a day celebrating with friends and family (including Joan and her husband) which before reflexology was something my now husband and I could only dream of because we knew in reality it wasn’t something my body would be able to manage, and we have Joan to thank for making possible. 2 years later I am now honoured and grateful to call Jo an and friend, and look forward  to continuing in my treatments; there simply aren’t enough words to say how thankful I am

for everything she has done for me.