A lot of people with endometriosis are told that there’s nothing they can do to help their symptoms other than surgery but in reality, there’s lots of things that can be done that have been tried and tested and work great!
Abdominal Massage
Studies have shown that abdominal massage makes a huge difference to endometriosis. From this study you can see that symptoms and pain were massively reduced by a course of massage. The massage helps the endometrial cells to detach and boosts the circulation to help your body clear them away. Done regularly you can break the cells down quicker than they’re building up so there’s less pain.
The massage also helps to reduce inflammation. Circulation is boosted and tension and pressure relieved, which in turn helps inflammation. Endometriosis is an inflammatory condition so this also helps pain and your body’s healing ability.
Abdominal massage also really helps with digestion Endometriosis commonly causes digestive issues as the cells attach to the intestinal wall causing inflammation and digestive problems. Massage helps reboot your digestive system giving it a physical restart. This also improves nutrient absorption, which means your body has more of what it needs to heal.
To read the study click here. To book and abdominal massage click here or get in touch to find out more about how the massage can help you.
Less Gluten
Reducing gluten has been shown in studies to improve endometriosis symptoms and reduce pain – by up to 50%. The gluten is inflammatory and hard to digest as it sticks in your gut. Digestion is often compromised and sluggish anyway with endometriosis. As gluten is harder to digest and inflammatory, this often makes symptoms and pain worse. Reducing gluten helps digestion and improves inflammation Poor digestion also affects your nutrient absorption and improving this means you can absorb more.
For more info on how to reduce inflammation click here.
Less Sugar
As mentioned, inflammation is a big problem with endometriosis because it causes more pain. Endo is an inflammatory condition and it also makes healing tougher for your body. Sugar is one of the most inflammatory substances you can eat so it causes a lot of issues with endo and makes it worse. It also has a negative impact on your gut flora because. Sugar makes your system more acidic and which kills off good bacteria. This in turn impacts your oestrogen levels and digestion which means you’re absorbing less for healing. There is bacteria in your gut that stops you recycling oestrogen. Bacteria also helps you digest, synthesises vitamins and helps your immunity. Too much oestrogen causes more endometrial growth and problems. Balancing gut flora really helps and a good way to do that is less sugar.
For more info on how to helps your gut flora click here, for reducing sugar click here.
Magnesium
Magnesium is something that your body uses to help with period pains. It affects the muscles and cramping and can be seen in studies to help with these kind of pains. If you have enough magnesium in your system your cramps will be reduced. Most people with endometriosis are low on magnesium anyway as your body needs more, and poor digestion and inflammation makes it harder to absorb. This means most people with endo are magnesium deficient and this makes the pain worse. Taking a good quality food or natural source magnesium supplement means that you can increase your magnesium levels and reduce your pain.
Turmeric/Curcumin
This is nature’s best anti-inflammatory which means it’s great for endometriosis. Curcumin is the active ingredient of turmeric but whatever form you take it in it will help. On top of that studies have shown that it has a direct and positive impact on endometriosis. It’s doesn’t just help with inflammation and pain but directly impacts the endometrial cells that are in the wrong place. This means it can help with symptoms and cause.
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