Massage Stones & Therapies

A stone massage is a general technique through which you manually
treat muscles and tissues in such a way that they release tension and
spasms from within them, with an awfully relaxing result in the end.
The specific stones used for these soothing massages may be hot or
cold depending on the kind of massage you are willing to get. The
excessive sternness of the stone permits a female massage therapist to
work on key points with a considerably deep pressure. Basalt stone is
one of the stones used for massage therapies and is dark in color. Its
dark color allows it to get hot very fast and at the same time retain
the warmth inside it for a pretty long period of time. The Basalt
stone has a good magnetic strength and is made up of a higher ratio of
iron. On the other hand gray stones have a well defined ratio of
holding heat within them which makes them safer to use rather than the
darker stones, darker stones are sometime difficult to handle as they
may burn the skin because of their heat capacity. Therefore it is
compulsory to use a variety of stones during a massage session to
ensure the safety of the client. There are many different techniques
through which these stones are applied in a massage session and there
main cause being is to transmit the heat held in the stone to the
client's body muscles and tissues. A towel is wrapped around the waist
of a client and these stones are placed on top of the key points where
they have their utmost affect. Usually these stones are placed along
side the spinal chord or the chakra points and the massager shall
continuously keep massaging the client with more stones held in his
palms. Massaging points include: muscles of arms, torso areas and
parts of the legs. The main cause of a stone massage is to relax the
muscles of the client in a very comfortable way and not just to swipe
stones against his body. Stone massage pressure entirely depends on
the client's requirements and may be soft or hard, shallow or a deep
thrust. Heat that is released from the stone into the body of the
client has vast effects, it helps improving the body circulation and
allows the muscles to calm down, it also lets the body produce more
oxygen and circulate nutrients around the tissue areas. Most stone
massages take away a lot of the mental stress and put the client into
a sedative kind of sleep after the massage is over. Stones are just
another transmitter of heat and represent the massager and his or her
personality for the techniques he uses. Hence it is the massager who
shall be responsible for using the best stones possible in any of his
massages and make sure that he uses good affective massage practices
that allow his client to benefit and experience the real feeling of a
stone massage.