Hot Stone Massage,The variation on classic massage therapy.

What is a Hot Stone Massage?

Hot stone massage is a variation on classic massage therapy. Heated smooth, flat stones are placed on key points on the body. The massage therapist may also hold the stones and use them to massage certain areas of the body.

The use of hot stones for healing dates back to ancient times, but it wasn't until Arizona massage therapist Mary Nelson introduced her hot stone massage technique, called LaStone Therapy, that the use of hot stones for massage caught on.

Nelson conducts workshops to train other massage therapists in LaStone. While LaStone continues to be popular, massage therapists and spas have also developed their own versions of the hot stone massage using heated, smooth rocks.

Hot stone massage is a specialty massage that uses smooth, heated stones. They are often basalt, a black volcanic rock that absorbs and retains heat well, but they can be other types. The heat is both deeply relaxing and helps tight muscles release.

Fiction, is performed with the thumb and finger tips, palm of the hand, or heel of the hand. It consists of small circular movements varying in pressure. Stiff joints respond well to this technique. Both hands are always kept in contact with the body.

Tapotement, means percussion in French, it is performed using short, rapid, constantly moving strokes. They may resemble soft karate chops or pity pats like up-and-down movements using the Palm of the hands or sides of the hands. Range of motion, is a technique used to rotate a body part in a circular movement. First you grasp the joint above and below the joint, gently rocked and shake it back and forth, then up-and-down.

Next, rotate the joint in small circles. As resistance decreases, rotate in larger circles. Pressure point touch, may include pressure one acupuncture points, or special duty points. To activate them, a gentle finger pressure is use, usually the index finger.

Some of these points can be extremely sensitive to touch. If a person is very sensitive to these types of touch, then maybe you should try a different technique which would include the hot stone massage technique. The highest on technique is rapidly becoming very popular, it is a way that a sensitive person can did a great size without all the pressure areas been activated with touch.

Stop Your Stress from piling up and relieve your pain with a great Massage, and you can start with a Full Body Massage Or you May Want to Go With the Hot Stone Massage

which is more in the area of gently rubbing, but if you want the full deal the entire Spa treatment you should go with the Spa Massage and you will get the royal treatment.

Masseuse or massage therapists will be working with hot rocks or stones that are heated and maintain or keep the heat within the rock or stone. Then they masseuse or massage therapist would gently rubbed them in to nobody to activate the muscles to help relieve tension and stress. This has began very popular and will be seeing a lot more in the future so feel free to look into this more if you are interested in it.

Phuket Spas and Thai Massage

Phuket Spas & Health. In Asia, spa has evolved into a concept focussing on the spiritual and natural, drawing from traditions of meditation, respect for nature and the desire to achieve physical and mental well being, the key to maintaining health and beauty.

In Thailand, the concept of spa blends with the ancient traditions of natural healing through herbal baths, massage, meditation, and the continued pursuit of inner and outer beauty. Before the arrival of modern medicine in Thailand, the temple was the the centre of learning for all disciplines, including medicine. Monks therefore played the role of doctor and pharmacist, prescribing herbal remedies, steam compresses, massages and other such treatments for the relief of various ailments.

One can still try ancient massage therapy in its original form at certain temples such as Wat Po in Bangkok, where treatments are offered daily for a small fee. Most major hotels also offer traditional Thai massage as part of their health and fitness services, as do natural healing and spa centres where herbal steam bath and sauna treatments are derived from holistic therapies practiced for centuries.

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