Aromatherapy Massage @ Puchong

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Aromatherapy massage is a beautiful way to express caring and help relieve the stress of a loved one. The benefits of aromatherapy massage can also be enjoyed through self massage.

  • Massage helps improve circulation to the massaged area, and it helps to stimulate muscles.
  • In turn, this can help improve flexibility and mobility.
  • Massage can dramatically reduce stress and ease tension.
  • Massage can help reduce headaches/migraines, cramps and spasms.
  • Massage is also said to improve the immune system by stimulating the limbic system and the release of toxins.

But when combined with aromatherapy, massage takes on a remarkable synergy that dramatically enhances the massage session…

  • Essential oils are comprised of the naturally occurring chemical constituents found in the botanical that they are distilled from. The classification of esters, for example, found in Lavender and Roman Chamomile essential oils are both naturally sedating/relaxing and anti-inflammatory. Sidenote: Essential oils are not oily feeling, are highly aromatic and are much different than vegetable (carrier) oils. If you are not familiar with essential oils, read these articles: What Are Essential Oils? and What are Carrier Oils?
  • Combining well chosen essential oils (such as the example of Lavender or Roman Chamomile given above) with a carrier oil can promote relaxation, reduce stress and/or help to improve circulation and reduce swelling and pain.
  • Some essential oils act as aphrodisiacs and can help set the mood for more intimate massage sessions.
  • Some massage oils contain synthetic mineral oil that can potentially impair the skin’s ability to breath. Instead, select a natural vegetable oil as the massage oil base and as the “carrier oil” for essential oils. Natural vegetable oils can help to lubricate, moisturize and nourish the skin with EFAs and other important fatty acids, anti-oxidants and other important nutritives (while fatty acids must be limited in the diet, they are important and nourishing for the skin).

Aromatherapy Massage Oil Recipe

This basic aromatherapy massage oil recipe acts as a wonderful lubricant for massage while also diluting the concentrated essential oils for safe application to the skin. The carrier oil also helps to nourish and moisturize the skin.

Fix It with Massage

Posted on by SP Men Puchong

Massages are more than just indulgences. They’re proven health and mood treatments.

Neck Pain
Ten neck massages over 10 weeks. Sound good? People with chronic neck pain reported a 55 percent improvement after this regimen, according to a 2009 study in the Clinical Journal of Pain. They even scored 39 percent better on the worst-sounding test ever, the Neck Disability Index. (It assesses the pain’s impact.)

Athletic Performance
“Musculotendinous” massages target muscle-tendon junctions, and a 2010 study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that even a 30-second round improved hip-flexor range of motion. Try it: Find where muscle meets tendon just behind and above your knee, and rub the spot in small circles with your thumb.

Stress
You don’t need a full-body rubdown to feel good. In a 2010 study from Sweden, one 80-minute hand-and-foot massage significantly lowered people’s heart rates, cortisol levels, and insulin levels—all of which help lower stress.

Depression
Take your pick: Swedish, shiatsu, and other massage types may ease depression, a 2010 meta-analysis in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatryfound. How? Massages reduce stress hormone levels, heart rate, and blood pressure, and boost mood and relaxation by triggering the release of oxytocin and serotonin.

High Blood Pressure
A study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicinefound that after people with normal blood pressure had deep-tissue massage for 45 to 60 minutes, their BPs fell—specifically, by an average of 10.4 millimeters of mercury (mm/Hg) systolic, and 5.3 mm/Hg diastolic.

Lower-Back Pain
Back problems can be complex. One solution is simple: Common massage techniques can help you relax, and trigger an endorphin release that raises your threshold for pain. And that might help people with all sorts of lower-back pain, notes a 2009 meta-analysis in the journal Spine.

Constipation
Would you like an abdominal massage with that laxative? Yes, you would: A 2009 Swedish study found that people who received a massage along with traditional constipation treatment felt significantly better than those who stuck with just laxatives.