Allison’s Oasis celebrates first year by offering new infrared service

BY JANA SEMENIUK

Local massage therapist and entrepreneur

Allison Diaz celebrated the one-year anniversary of her Bruderheim spa, Allison’s Oasis, earlier this year, and said it’s been successful

“It’s always nerve wracking opening a business especially in a very small town,” she said. “But things have been good and my clients have been amazing.”

Diaz said her business offers massage services for children as well as adults, and tanning beds.

One new service she introduced this year, in light of her first anniversary, is the Fit Bodywrap with infrared lighting.

Diaz explained that the body wrap is a full-body sauna wrap that safely heats your body to 135 degrees and uses infrared lighting to increase its health benefits, including one benefit Diaz said she was not counting on.

“Anxiety. A lot of my clients have been using it for anxiety, which is not one that I thought would be as popular,” she said, explaining the list of other health benefits include weight loss, pain relief and fitness recovery.

“The infrared lights actually penetrate deep into the muscle tissues and repair them from the inside out and then there's the detoxification. It's also really beneficial for skincare and cellulite reduction as well as antiaging so just keeping the skin very well hydrated, as well as toning it at the same time.”

Diaz said in terms of anxiety, the infrared is what helps maintain healthy hormone levels.

“The infrared actually helps maintain healthy levels of cortisol which is the stress hormone (that) can raise your heart rate and blood pressure,” she said. “Lower cortisol levels lead to feeling a deep relaxation and so the infrared treatments also increase levels of the happiness hormone, serotonin, to give you the overall feeling of well-being and happiness.”

Meanwhile, Diaz said she began her business last year after graduating from massage school with honours and distinction in 2018.

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