Category: Research

Aromatherapy makes massage even more effective shows new research

After completing your ITEC Diploma in Massage you may want to consider undertaking the ITEC Diploma in Aromatherapy to help your patients even more, increase the number of patients you can help and develop your business. New research shows Aromatherapy makes Massage even more effective The benefits of massage are well documented.   However, new research […]

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There’s More to Aromatherapy than first meets the eye suggests the leading provider of ITEC Aromatherapy courses in London

There’s so much more to Aromatherapy than first meets the eye. Aromatherapy is not just about utilising essential oils with massage and as a student on Richdales’s ITEC Aromatherapy Diploma Course you learn other methods of utilising essential oils such as inhalation, compresses, creams, soaps etc … There is an increasing body of research evidence […]

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The fight against the UK’s biggest killer …

Someone dies in the UK of a heart attack every 7 minutes. That’s a sobering thought. Risk factors for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, lack of physical activity and poor eating and drinking habits. Stress may also be a contributory factor. Various research highlights the effect of various Complementary […]

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Aromatherapy – Are you Getting The Sleep You Need

Good quality sleep is essential for a person’s physical and mental health and well being.  Yet millions of people are not getting enough quality sleep with 75% of adults reporting sleeping difficulties at least a few nights a week. Aromatherapy has been repeatedly shown to be an effective way of improving sleep quality and even […]

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Massage shown to be effective in the treatment of low back pain – again!

We know that 4 out of 5 people will suffer low back pain at some point in their lives and given the modern increasingly sedentary lifestyle the incidence of low back pain is increasing. Research just published in December 2013 to investigate the effects of deep tissue massage compared to effects of deep tissue massage […]

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Do you know your orbicularis oris from your levator anguli oris?

Although there are many sources who will tell you that it takes more muscles to frown then smile – no-one actually know the exact number of muscles required to smile or frown.  Cranial Nerve VII (Facial nerve) controls upto 43 facial muscles although some people can have upto 40% less facial muscles than others. What […]

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Massive Monday

Yesterday, Monday 6  January, was MASSIVE MONDAY – the most popular day to look for a new career. More than a quarter of us will change careers during our life and the first Monday after New Year’s Day is Massive Monday in the recruitment world – the most popular day to look for a new […]

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