Hot Stone Masseur

Hot Stone massage is very common massage therapy that is practiced around the world from ancient times up to the present. This kind of massage does not require more touching instead, it uses a special kind of stones that are being heated and place in a certain point on your body to enhance the healing of many health conditions and to promote deep relaxation. After a day of work and stress, you can lie and enjoy the relaxation hot stones can give you.

Since heat serves as vasodilator, hot stone massage promotes good blood circulation and it also sedate the nervous system to make you relax and even sleep as other types of massages do. Stones used in this massage are made of basalt, a kind of rock with high iron that can retain heat or long period.

Hot stone massage seems easy to apply but actually it really needs a masseur to get desirable results. A good masseur knows what type of stones to use and where to place them. Most reputable spas employ masseur with background or undergone training about human anatomy. For this reason, masseur can place hot stones in the right points of the body like on the back, palm, in between toes and some other places. They can even explain how those hot stones on that specific places work.

A hot stone masseur also knows how to give Swedish or deep tissue massage. Since hot stones relax muscles, it is best for a masseur to apply deeper pressure after giving hot stone massage to relieve congestion between the tissues and the joints. It this process, you can get amazing effects on your medical conditions. However, if you are not comfortable with touching, you can ask the masseur not to doso.
For those who never experienced any type of massage, hot stone massage is highly recommended. It does not require a lot of touching that can make you feel comfortable and thus, gives wondrous effects on your body. For those who tried, it is sure that they would do it again.

In this therapy, a masseur will ask you to lie on a table covered with clean linen to give you comfort. You can ask for some aroma if you prefer to have one. A masseur starts the therapy by applying oil on your body so that the stones will glide smoothly on your muscles and to prevent friction that can give you uncomfortable feelings or some kind of pain.
Some masseurs begin with massaging the face of their patients and placing hot stones underneath their lips, then cheeks and forehead. Others will start on your back, placing the stones on specific points on spine, on calf if possible, back of your knees, and underneath the buttock area. Some applies on the arm and toes. The masseur knows those areas well, that’s why it is recommended to get the therapy from an experienced one.

Hot stone massage is a kind of self- care and pampering yourself. If your work and lifestyle is causing you a lot of stress day after day, Hot stone masseur is best for you. Pampering yourself and caring for your body are essential to get new energy and vigor to enable you to face new stressful day.  It only requires you to be comfortable with someone else applying it so you can rejuvenate and can feel wonderful about yourself.