Aromatherapy Pain Relief

Whether its pulling weeds in your garden all day, getting sore quad muscles from your morning run, or the kids bumping and bruising their elbows and knees in the whimsy of play… we all experience discomfort from time to time. Regardless of what kind of pain it is or where it comes from, it’s highly personal, and people are looking for effective ways to relieve it. More folks are gravitating towards a natural means to address their pain. They are looking for ingredients that they can trust, that are safe to use with their families, but also actually work. Enter in essential oils.
A NATURAL SOLUTION …
Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils, (French Aromatherapy), contain millions of naturally occurring, complex biochemicals, that have demonstrated powerful and soothing properties, without the harmful side effects of synthetically-made, pain relief products. Real, essential oils come from the volatile, aromatic liquids extracted from live plants, carefully harvested and steam distilled to maintain the plant’s living energy. (Notice a pattern here? The oil in the bottle has to be “living” when it gets to you. It’s the living energy of the plant that does the hard work. It’s the living energy that brings positive benefits to your health: 100% plant, living energy, no fillers, cutters or additives. It’s the living energy that will remove your pain). When an essential oil is maintained in this way, it’s accepted as friendly and natural to our body and is allowed to work in harmony with it, effectively relieving your pain within in 20 minutes, or even immediately. The bottom line is they work and they work FAST!
…WITHOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS.
The other consideration is that with essential oils, you don’t have to worry about heavy-duty side effects, that come with non-adaptogenic, synthetic ingredients, which are often found in everyday pharmaceuticals. These synthetic ingredients are often made from petroleum and add to the body burden, or bioaccumulation, negatively impacting your health. According to CAPP.ca in a 2025 article titled Petroleum in Real Life, “Many over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs and medicinal products are made with the help of petrochemicals, including antihistamines, anti-bacterials, suppositories, cough syrups, lubricants, cream, ointments, salves, analgesics, and gels such as hand sanitizers. Most pharmaceutical drugs are made through the chemical reactions that involve the use of organic molecules. Petroleum is a source of organic molecule used in the drug manufacturing process. Even drugs that come from natural sources like plants are still often purified using petrochemicals, resulting in a more efficient and less costly manufacturing process. Others, like antibiotics derived from natural fungi and microbes – namely, penicillin – often use phenol and cumene as preparatory agents. Finally, pill capsules and coatings are frequently polymer based. In fact, time-release drugs depend on a tartaric acid-based polymer that slowly dissolves, administering just the right dose of medication.” Many essential oils have been deemed NHP’s, or Natural Health Products, approved for safe use for ailments like pain, as approved by Health Canada. With the right NHP, you eliminate the risk of toxic ingredients altogether.

Why choose essential oils for everyday remedies to address pain and other ailments?

• They are highly concentrated and so can be effective just by using a couple of drops;
• Just by using them, they improve your indoor air quality by oxygenating the air;
• They reduce your toxic load in your home;
• Essential oils, cleanse, repair and strengthen the cells in the body;
• With the right essential oils, you can use them on children, babies and pets;
• You don’t have to wait 45 minutes for them to take effect;
• No harmful side effects.

Let’s look at essential oils that have the best combination of naturally occurring ingredients for relief.
PEPPERMINT. Many people get headache relief from rubbing a drop or two of peppermint on their temples, back of neck or crown. It causes a ‘cooling sensation’ when applied to the skin which can feel wonderful. (Do a patch test on your forearm with one drop of oil, to check it’s effect). You’ll notice the cooling sensation occurs right away, when working with a pure, plant-derived essential oil).
LAVENDER. Lavender has a combination of naturally occurring ingredients including linalool which causes a “numbing” sensation when applied topically. It’s super gentle on skin when pure and it is relaxing making it perfect for tense or stressed muscles.
WINTERGREEN. Wintergreen contains a natural ingredient called methyl salicylate which is great for relieving discomfort. It also can feel warming to the skin for some, and feels great deep into the tissue and muscle.
LEMONGRASS. Lemongrass can be helpful when rubbed on joints and muscles. Even ligaments and tendons love lemongrass. This is an essential oils that can feel hot, so make sure you patch test it on your skin first to determine if you need a carrier oil. This an excellent method for working with all hot and cold oils, particularly for children.
A HIDDEN CONSIDERATION
Some have heard about it, but many don’t know how emotions can profoundly exacerbate pain. Yes, pain is very subjective, and we all experience it differently, but we all have one thing in common: our emotional brains. Wait, what? It’s so important to include emotions when you are experiencing pain and discomfort, as the part of our brain responsible for emotions is closely linked to our sense of smell, which figures prominently in the perception and processing of discomfort. Wait for it…. And for this reason you can reduce your discomfort greatly, just by inhaling the right essential oil to release emotions that fire up your pain.
PAIN IS EMOTIONAL in one way or another.

1. We’ve known for a long time that stress causes or triggers pain and pain related conditions like fibromyalgia, (as supported by WebMD and The Mayo clinic).
2. Experiencing pain can be emotional, creating a strong “pain-stress-pain” loop, making your condition even more intense. “You may not be aware of it, but you’re having a negative emotional reaction to chronic pain as well as a physical reaction,” says Natalia Morone, MD, assistant professor of general internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “Mind-body treatments that involve meditation and relaxation affect emotional pathways.”
3. Traumatic or heavy emotions can show up as pain, injury or disease in the body as seen in a Psycho Oncology study conducted by Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer. He found a correlation between cancer and emotions. It was a 10 year study, with 20,000 patients finding there was a 100% correlation between where the cancer was and the corresponding part of the brain.

Here’s the beauty of essential oils… many are natural calmatives and nerviness that can be used to reduce the stress and emotions that cause or happen around our pain experiences, therefore reducing our pain experience. Isn’t that incredible?
I can speak for this personally, having suffered for over 25 years with chronic pain, disc conditions, mobility issues and injuries. It wasn’t until I was at my lowest low, having lost my career due to my health and couldn’t get out of bed, that I was introduced to therapeutic grade essential oils. I first experienced 3 essential oils, that when applied to my back and spine, immediately reduced my pain and relaxed my spasming muscles for the first time ever. The more I used these oils the stronger and better I got. And along the way I inhaled specific blends to eliminate intense rounds of sadness, stress and panic that accompanied my condition, until one day, I just didn’t experience them anymore. The oils, combined with green living, got me back on my feet and living life again. I am now able to go day-to-day, free of pain and injury. I was so in awe of my profound results, that I became an Aromatic Sciences Practitioner, helping others transform their health too.
If you are someone who has tried everything and want true solutions to better health and reduced discomfort, even when chronic, then reach out to me for my guide on “10 Best Essential Oils for Pain Related Conditions.” In my view, you don’t need to suffer. And I can show you how to release it, peacefully and painlessly. My consultations are free. Let’s book some time together.

Many healing blessings,
Cindy