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Soft music, comfortable warm room and low lighting—these are elements that consist in a nurturing environment. What about relaxing through the sense of smell? Certain smells can take us back to our childhood, to a favorite memory of a walk in the woods, or to an imaginary garden. The right aroma can completely change how we feel, and even help us relax. Adding this to the sense of touch even more accentuates the great feeling we’ll experience. In this article, we will talk about the wonders of aromatherapy during massage.
What is aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy is a type of healing through taking in the smell of essential oils mainly taken from plant extracts breathe in through the nose or mouth. The oils have fragrance that when inhaled help the mind to relax. Aside from inhaling, the aromatherapy oils can also be used by applying through the skin through a soft massage. When combined, aromatherapy with massage then treats the overall body from stress and relieves it from other health concerns.
How does aromatherapy with massage work?
Solving infections as well as physical weaknesses, aromatherapy with message should be handled by professional massage therapists, trained chiropractors and not simply by anyone amateur. In order for it to work, these pros should properly stimulate the parts of the brain through carefully performing the massage on your body. As a result, with the scent, it will be able to influence your mental, emotional and physical well-being. The molecules from the oils used in aromatherapy will also help your blood, hormones and enzymes to recuperate and work optimally.
Benefits of Aromatherapy During Massage
1. Improve Mood
When you inhale aroma by therapeutic oils, you will feel more relaxed; therefore, from bad mood and swings, you will maintain a good mood and relieve your anxieties. Most popular oil scents to achieve this affect are: lavender, sandalwood, lemon and orange.
2. Reduce Fear and Agitation
If you feel like vomiting caused by fear or agitation related to dementia, probably by instinct to prevent it is to take medicine, drink warm water or bite a minty or sweet candy. Other than those solutions, you can also be treated with aromatherapy and massage to ease the bad sensation. The orange and other citrus scents are recommended to reduce high blood pressure when you’re nervous and feeling heavy.
3. Feel Happier
The peppermint scent is mostly suggested to relieve nausea and even reduce depression.With vibrating massage or touching added to smelling this tonic fragrance, you will have more positive emotions since aromatherapy targets the part of the brain which handles your memories connected with your sentiments.
4. Remove Body Pains
If you have rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, headaches and other common body pains, you can treat yourself to a massage with aromatherapy. The best essential oils to use are topical chamomile, rosemary, and peppermint. Using different strokes, aromatherapy massage will manipulate the tension away from your muscles that downplay into a soothing effect. Depending on the degree of chiropractic pain, the pressure of the massage can go deep or just light.
5. Fight Infections
Aromatherapy and massage encourage your immune system to be healthier and fight infections. Some of these infections that it can treat are hair loss or alopecia areata, skin itching and the different types of psoriasis. What happens during massage is that the oils will travel from the first layer of the skin down to your bloodstream absorbed by the rest of your body. When a certain organ is not functioning well, aromatherapy massage will rejuvenate it until it alleviates the illness
Aromatherapy and massage entail striking the body with fingertips while targeting the sense of smell to interact well with the hormones, enzymes and bloodstream pharmacologically. Moreover, this practice creates a stimulatory effect on the olfactory systems that impacts the person psychologically as the essential therapeutic oils are inhaled.
About Author: Dr. Todd Luther works at Align Integrative Health in Washington. He comes from a family of health care practitioners including a medical doctor, OB Nurse and Nurse Midwife. Practicing since 2005, Dr. Luther is confident in providing the correct diagnosis, treating your problem or referring to the correct specialist.
