Description
We know that using your whole body to move throughout your lifetime is crucial for maintaining good physical and mental health. After all, movement is essential for life!
Almost everyone has encountered muscle discomfort at some stage in their lives, underscoring just how universal and relatable this experience truly is. This shared challenge highlights our essential need to comprehend muscle pain and emphasize self-care practices for our physical health.
Whether you lift weights, hike on weekends, maintain a yoga practice, or enjoy dancing, you may experience muscle soreness the following day.
Muscle aches, soreness, and pain, known as myalgia, can occur after exercise. It is common for muscles to feel sore when you start a new physical activity or change your exercise routine. This soreness is a natural response to the stress on muscles during exercise. Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is a normal, temporary discomfort often following intense workouts.
Periods of inactivity—such as sitting for extended hours on your sofa, at your desk, on your phone, or driving—stress and aging can lead to muscular stiffness, aches, and pains. Many working adults who spend long hours at their computers frequently experience chronic neck, back, and shoulder pain.
Myalgia typically occurs during inactivity, often resulting from illness or injury. When our muscles are not used regularly, they can become smaller and weaker. Prolonged sitting can shorten muscles, making it harder to stand up straight and move with ease. Consequently, everyday activities such as walking, climbing stairs, bending, reaching, or twisting may become more challenging.
Additionally, stiff and sore necks are becoming increasingly common among children and teenagers who often bend their heads over their phones while using social media for extended periods. If you or someone you know has been sedentary for a while or sits for hours looking down at a screen, you will likely experience muscle stiffness due to the discomfort of maintaining that position.
Recent findings indicate that at least half of the age-related changes in muscles, bones, and joints result from disuse. This condition, known as “disuse syndrome,” describes the physical changes in the body due to inactivity or a sedentary lifestyle. As a result, muscles become tighter, tendons and ligaments lose flexibility, and the body takes longer to recover.
Chronic stress symptoms can include persistent aches or stiffness throughout the spine and sharp, localized neck, upper back, or lower back pain. Psychological stress, eye strain, and emotional issues related to depression and anxiety can also increase muscle tension and soreness. Changes in the nervous system cause muscles to contract as a protective response to stress and emotional and physical pain.
Deha Muscle Soothe Body Oil contains a proprietary combination of wildflower essences and organic arnica, sweet marjoram, lavender, Roman chamomile, and birch essential oils. Our synergy blend is recognized for its anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects, boasting a long history of use in traditional folk medicine to relieve muscular aches and pains.
Moreover, Deha Muscle Soothe Body Oil deeply penetrates the muscles, helping them relax, enhancing blood circulation, and decreasing inflammation. It temporarily relieves muscle discomfort and soft tissue distress, alleviating minor aches and pains associated with exercise, stress, inactivity, and aging.
Affirmation: “My body is soothed as I release tension allowing my body to quickly recover.”
Suitable Skin Type: All Skin Types
Directions: Use as needed.
• Massage onto shoulders, back of the neck, arms, calves, and thighs.
• For acute pain, using a hot or cold compress can enhance therapeutic effects and improve circulation. Cold compresses help constrict blood vessels, control swelling, calm inflammation, and alleviate pain. In contrast, hot compresses or moist heating pads can soothe muscles, relieve muscle aches, and accelerate the healing of injuries after the initial acute phase of 24 to 48 hours.
• For added therapeutic relief, soak in your bath with 2 pumps of Deha Oil and Fleur Dead Sea Salt or 50/50 Salt Blend.
It is worth noting that massage alone may help relieve pain and discomfort. Any improvement in muscle soreness that occurs may not specifically be due to the use of flower essence aromatherapy.
Holistic Lifestyle Recommendation:
- It’s never too late to incorporate gentle movements such as stretching, walking, tai chi, or yoga into your daily or weekly routine. These activities can help you experience greater fluidity and comfort in your body.
- Begin by warming up your muscles and joints with stretching before engaging in any exercise.
- To improve circulation and build muscle strength, exercise and stretch regularly.
- Practice good posture when you sit and stand.
- For optimal results, commit to drinking plenty of water throughout the day to stay hydrated, which helps keep your muscles supple.
- Include plenty of organic fresh fruits and vegetables to provide the necessary nutrients for healthy muscles and tendons.
- Incorporate more healthy fats from fish like herring, mackerel, salmon, and tuna, or consider using fish oil supplements.
- Ensure you manage stress effectively to prevent it from becoming a chronic issue.
- Incorporate the 20-20-20 Rule: Every 20 minutes, stand up, look up and away from your screen, and allow your eyes to look at something 20 feet away (gazing at nature helps) for at least 20 seconds to relieve shoulder, neck, and eye strain.
- To promote muscular relaxation, conclude your bath or shower with alternating hot and cold water cycles. Start by adjusting the water to the hottest temperature you can comfortably handle for several seconds. Then switch to the coldest water you can tolerate, return to hot water, and repeat this process. This technique stimulates blood circulation, helping to loosen tight muscles and strengthen weaker ones.
- Lastly, enhance your well-being by prioritizing regular massages with Deha Muscle Soothe Body Oil. You will truly experience the remarkable difference!
Ingredients: Jojoba oil, organic Arnica (Arnica montana) infused in organic Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) oil, organic essential oils of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis), Birch (Betula lenta), Sweet Marjoram (Origanum majoranum), Black Pepper (Piper nigrum), and Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), and vibrational flower essences of Cowkicks, Dampiera, Purple Flag, Flower, Silver Princess Gum, WA Smokebush.
Use: Body massage.
Caution: Do not use on open sores, skin ulcers, burn wounds, varicose veins, eczema, or undiagnosed rashes. Avoid if you are at risk of blood clots due to inactivity. Keep out of reach of children.
