Enhancing Massages with CBD

Massages at Blackberry Farm and Blackberry Mountain offer moments of deep relaxation while also targeting your unique needs and desires. If you’re experiencing body aches and pain, incorporating topical CBD in your massage could be the ideal solution for you.

Meghan Henley, Blackberry's assistant director of wellness, sat down with massage therapist Mileena Buchei to discuss the use of CBD in body treatments.

Why add CBD to a massage?
The main reason we promote pairing CBD with massage therapy is because CBD can be viewed as both anti-anxiety and a natural anti-inflammatory. CBD pairs well with muscle manipulation because the muscles can relax more easily with the anti-inflammatory response. Additionally, the mind can relax due to the anti-anxiety response. When using a topical CBD, the guest can feel immediate results in both mind and body, which can improve body work results.

Do you incorporate THC as well?
A theory called the “Entourage Effect” suggests that CBD and THC work better together. According to this theory, CBD alone will not have the anti-inflammatory and anti-anxiety result. It needs the trace amount of THC in order to work in both of these areas. There are no mind-altering effects associated with our use of THC in massage treatments.

What products do you use?
We use Cause Medic products because not all CBD is created equally, and it’s not all highly regulated. Cause Medic is third-party tested, so you can rest assured the claims made about their products are true. For full body treatments, we use either CBD Body and Massage Oil or CBD Body Crème. Spot treatments use CBD Relief Cream.

Other than topical use, are there any additional ways to use CBD during a massage?
We can also pair a massage with Cause Medic’s ingestible CBD Wellness Shots. They can enhance the experience and activate the relaxation result.

At the Wellhouse at Blackberry Farm, you can add on CBD oil as a massage enhancement. A specific CBD Massage is offered at Nest at Blackberry Mountain in 50-, 80- and 110-minute sessions.

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