Essential Oil Massage
Massage Type Offered - Essential Oil
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Essential Oil Massage in Fort McMurray
Essential oil massage uses a custom blend of three pure essential oils in a carrier oil, worked into a full massage that moves from warming strokes into deeper tissue work. Higher Health Acupuncture & Massage Therapy Clinic offers essential oil massage in Fort McMurray, Alberta, at $15 plus GST as an addition to your treatment.
Session length - Added to any massage treatment
Add-on price - $15 plus GST
Oils - A custom blend of three pure essential oils in a carrier oil
Pressure - Warming strokes first, then deeper work
Best for - Hormonal support, tension headaches, congestion, sleep
Insurance - Registered therapist receipt provided for direct billing
What is essential oil massage?
Essential oils promote healing and a feeling of wellbeing and relaxation.
In choosing oils for the treatment, your massage therapist generally creates a blend of three oils, which are then added to a carrier oil. A blend means that when a particular set of oils are combined they enhance each other's properties and make a pleasing scent.
The oil is applied in long sweeping strokes that warm the skin and muscle and prepare the body for deeper work. Once the muscles are warmed, your therapist continues with deeper massage, rolling and squeezing the skin and underlying muscle between the hands. This should not be painful. It should be deeply relaxing.
What does essential oil massage help with?
- Support for regulating both male and female hormones
- Relief of menstrual cramps
- Immune system stimulation
- Decreased congestion
- Relief of tension headaches
- Improved energy
- Muscle relaxation
- Reduced inflammation
- Improved sleep
- Aiding digestion and improving blood circulation
What to expect in your session
- Your therapist asks what you want the session to address, then selects three oils.
- The blend goes into a carrier oil.
- Long sweeping strokes warm the skin and muscle.
- Once warm, the work goes deeper with rolling and squeezing techniques.
- You leave with oil on your skin, so plan your day accordingly.
Who should not book essential oil massage
Tell your therapist before your session if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, have epilepsy, asthma or a respiratory condition, have high blood pressure, have sensitive or broken skin, or have a known allergy to any plant or oil. Several essential oils are contraindicated in those situations, and some increase photosensitivity, meaning you should avoid sun exposure on the treated skin afterward. Essential oil massage is not recommended for young children without specific guidance.
Frequently asked questions
Aromatherapy at our clinic is the use of essential oils during your massage, free of charge. Essential oil massage is a treatment built around a custom three-oil therapeutic blend in a carrier oil, at $15 plus GST.
Your therapist blends based on what you tell them you want from the session. They will work around any scent you dislike or react to.
Carrier oil can mark fabric. Wear something you are not precious about, and consider booking at a time when you can shower afterward.
Relief of menstrual cramps and support for hormone regulation are both among the listed effects. Mention where you are in your cycle so the blend is selected accordingly.
Several oils are avoided during pregnancy. Book Pregnancy Massage and tell your therapist you are pregnant, so any oils used are appropriate for your stage.
Some oils, particularly citrus-based ones, increase skin sensitivity to sunlight. Your therapist will tell you if that applies to your blend.
Related treatments
- Aromatherapy Massage - included free with any massage
- Relaxation Massage - the technique base for this treatment
- Deep Tissue Massage - where the session goes after the warming strokes
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