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I am preparing a dissertation on the application of aromatherapy to sports science. Has anyone any experience of using aromatherapy to aid sports performance or training ?? Any information on people or institutions involved in research in this field would be very much appreciated. thank you all ali …..

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> I am preparing a dissertation on the application of aromatherapy to > sports science. > Has anyone any experience of using aromatherapy to aid sports > performance or training ?? > Any information on people or institutions involved in research in this > field would be very much appreciated.

Dunno. How does Sustanon smell? Seriously, I’ve never found aromatherapy useful for anything other than relaxation. john

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am preparing a dissertation on the application of aromatherapy to > sports science. > Has anyone any experience of using aromatherapy to aid sports > performance or training ?? > Any information on people or institutions involved in research in this > field would be very much appreciated. >Dunno. How does Sustanon smell? >Seriously, I’ve never found aromatherapy useful for anything other than >relaxation. >john

I use it to keep people away from me in the gym. I never wash my gym clothes. If I want to use a machine I just stand next to it and ten seconds later it’s mine. — If we’re not supposed to eat animals then why are they made of meat? Jim Scannell Madison, WI USA http://home.att.net/~james.scannell/

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> I am preparing a dissertation on the application of aromatherapy to > sports science. > Has anyone any experience of using aromatherapy to aid sports > performance or training ?? > Any information on people or institutions involved in research in this > field would be very much appreciated. > thank you all > ali …..

Muscle Media (December) has a spot on it; this might be a good place to start (maybe there are some other sources listed). Krista

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May you should have your sense of smell checked.  The science of osmics is becoming big business these days.  There is a reason you give your woman roses instead of skunk.  The effects of different smells have a long history of documentation but are subtle enough that in the (adrenal-driven) western camp of the world they have little impact.  The olfactory system is different from most other systems in the body in a more than a few ways. The 7 primary smells are based upon the geometry of the molecules which each have their own specific receptors and their pathways to the brain is also unique – especially where the thalamus is concerned: the smell bypasses it completely and the olfactory system breaks all the rules that seem to govern the oragnization of other sensory mechanisms.  Even the most sensitive laboratory equipment cannot compare with the human nose – let alone that of of almost any animal.  Today the human sense of smell no longer commands the life and death priority as needed in the animal kingdoms but we still depend on it more than we realize and the principles of aroma-therapy may just have survived the subtle influences that our ancestors where so much more aware of in their lifetime. Dr. AVB – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am preparing a dissertation on the application of aromatherapy to > sports science. > Has anyone any experience of using aromatherapy to aid sports > performance or training ?? > Any information on people or institutions involved in research in this > field would be very much appreciated. > Dunno. How does Sustanon smell? > Seriously, I’ve never found aromatherapy useful for anything other than > relaxation. > john

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> I am preparing a dissertation on the application of aromatherapy to > sports science. > Has anyone any experience of using aromatherapy to aid sports > performance or training ??

To Sharon: An article on aromatherapy written by Elanine Gavalas, a wellness and exercise specialist from San Francisco, CA, who designs specialized exercise, nutrition, and therapeutic programs for all kinds of people – find this info at "http://www.naturalland.com/pcv/ar/arom.htm" hope that helps posting here because my email is being wacky today :) Katie

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am preparing a dissertation on the application of aromatherapy to > sports science. > Has anyone any experience of using aromatherapy to aid sports > performance or training ?? > Any information on people or institutions involved in research in this > field would be very much appreciated. > Dunno. How does Sustanon smell? > Seriously, I’ve never found aromatherapy useful for anything other than > relaxation.

unless the "roma" is Roma Downey!  But I guess in that case the relaxation part applies, if just a little later.  8^) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> john

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