Aromatherapy at the Cheltenham Holistic Health Centre

Aromatherapy is a therapeutic treatment which enhances well-being, relieves stress and promotes vitality and good health. The treatment has an extensive and wide variety of uses. The essential oils used are chosen for their individual and unique properties to treat the illnesses and ailments presented by the patient. Therapeutic properties such as antiseptic, anti-spasmodic, anti-infectious, digestive, stimulating or calming are common to essential oils.

Aromatherapy can help almost everyone. Some examples include musculo-skeletal (i.e. back, neck and shoulder problems), stress (emotional, mental and physical), skin problems, poor digestion, poor sleep patterns, lack of stamina, circulatory problems, depression, neurological problems, ME, MS, eating disorders and many more modern-day ailments. However, people need not be ill before consulting an aromatherapist as one of the notable improvements often reported after a course of treatments is an increase of physical energy generally associated with feeling more relaxed.

Confidentiality
Confidentiality of patients is carefully observed.

Treatment
There will be a full consultation with your therapist which will include personal and medical history details. Lifestyle, allergies, diet, exercise and emotional and environmental factors will be taken into consideration.

Treatment works by many methods but massage will be the major part of treatment. The techniques used for aromatherapy massage can vary but the essential principals remain in accord with a proper understanding of lymph drainage massage and the musculo-skeletal system.

Aromatherapy is becoming widely respected by the medical profession and is now used extensively in hospitals, surgeries, hospices and residential homes for the elderly and infirm. Many doctors now actively refer patients suffering from many conditions.