Fun Fact Friday #10

It's FRI-YAY! Happy Fun Fact Friday!
AROMATHERAPY- What is it? How is it used at Growing Pains Wellness? What is it good for?

Aromatherapy is a holistic approach to health and wellness using essential oils for measurable outcomes. Aroma refers to smell and therapy refers to touch. The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA) defines aromatherapy as “the therapeutic application or the medicinal use of aromatic substances (essential oils) for holistic healing.”

The main benefits of the aromatherapy massage are reduction of stress and anxiety, decrease in muscle tension and pain relieve. It also helps to reduce the symptoms of depression, control the inflammation and help with headaches.

Overal benefits of armoatherapy are Ease stress, anxiety, and depression. Boost feelings of relaxation. Improve sleep.
Help improve quality of life for people with long-term health problems like dementia.
Ease certain types of pain, including pain from kidney stones and osteoarthritis of the knee.
Fight bacteria when you put them on your skin. And so much more, the list could go on and on!

Ways aromatherapy is used in services at Growing Pains Wellness:
Essential oil can be diffused in the room through the use of a diffuser
A Few drops can be added to massage cream/oil/lotion
For body scrubs your choice of essential oil is included and is added into your custom body scrub mixture!

Along with aromatherapy being used in services it its also used in most of the products sold at Growing Pains Wellness! There are so many ways to get the benefits!

How do you use aromatherapy?