Spa at Glasgow’s Kimpton Blytheswood Hotel has launched new treatments aimed at helping soothe menopause

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Ahead of World Menopause Day the team at the Kimpton’s Blytheswood Spa has added an additional treatment package to their list, aimed at those going through menopause to help relieve symptoms.

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00:00There wasn't really a treatment available, like a holistic treatment available for people

00:05that were maybe suffering menopause, menopausal symptoms, perimenopause, so we had linked

00:11up with the academy who had released the first ever menopause massage. It's been endorsed

00:18by CYBPTAC as well, which is like a governing body. They looked at a more holistic approach

00:24so the oils that would benefit anyone having those kind of symptoms and also how the treatment

00:31was conducted as well. So we work with marma points, which is like energy pathways within

00:37the body, and it just creates homeostasis for the body, so just rebalancing the body,

00:42so the specific marma points would be related to specific symptoms that people are going

00:47through. So the oils that we use in the treatment as well, we have an inhalation with geranium,

00:52which is really good for balancing any kind of hormones, which is again a big symptom

00:55for anyone going through the menopause. But it's really good all round for most people

00:59as well, so it doesn't mean that you couldn't have this treatment anyway. The oils that

01:04we use on the actual body during the treatment is infused with peppermint essential oil as

01:09well as lavender. Again, really good for anti-inflammatory and relaxation as well. People can suffer

01:15a lot of fatigue and things, which is really good to ensure that we're getting a good relaxing

01:20treatment and they can have a good night's sleep afterwards as well. It's quite a taboo

01:23subject as well, so a lot of people just suffer through it and don't want to actually seek

01:29any help or they don't think that there's anything particularly wrong with the symptoms.

01:34It's not talked about enough to educate people enough to be honest, but if you do end up

01:38going to the doctor, usually it's some sort of hormone replacement therapy that you put

01:42on. These things can have side effects to cancer, things like that are much more prone

01:48to cancer and other side effects that maybe don't agree with everyone. So it was just

01:53more looking at a safer, more holistic approach to be able to relieve these symptoms that

01:58aren't going to put anyone in any kind of danger or people that maybe just don't want

02:02to go through any sort of hormone replacement therapy.

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