STONE
MASSAGE THERAPY
 Stone
massage therapy involves the application of water heated
basalt stones of varying sizes to key points of the body,
giving deep massage and creating sensations of comfort
and warmth. The direct heat relaxes muscles, allowing
manipulation of a greater intensity than a regular massage – meaning
the muscles are warmed to such a degree that it eliminates
the use of effleurage and kneading for the therapist
who wants to work a deep massage, which in turn takes
a lot of the hard work and energy out of the massage
for sport therapists or therapeutic massage therapists.
In cases of muscular injury and inflammation, frozen cooling marble stones
are used. This creates a type of thermotherapeutic ‘vascular gymnastics’ in
the circulatory system to help the body detoxify and heal. The warmer stones
expand the blood vessels, pushing blood and unwanted waste materials through
the body. This has a sedative effect on the nervous system. The cold stones
cause the blood vessels to constrict, stimulating the nervous system and
drawing blood and waste products along the body. This ensures that every
cell in the body receives more oxygen and nutrients while at the same time
waste material is removed more effectively through the corresponding increase
in lymph flow. Not unlike changing the old oil and filter in your car for
a newer filter with clean oil – a service for the body.
It
is quite an experience to feel the deeply relaxing, penetrating
heat from the basalt stones alternating with the toning and
refreshing coolness of the marble stones. The use of extremes
of temperature has long been scientifically and medically
proven to be of benefit to the body. Those who wish to relax
and tone their muscles with a minimum of effort see this
in the use of ice packs for muscle trauma and the use of
saunas.
Cold
stones are vasoconstricting, which means they decrease blood
flow to an area and increase blood viscosity, decrease metabolism,
reduce inflammation, elevate the client’s pain threshold.
Which affords the client more comfort, reduce skeletal muscle
spasms, which decreases pain, decreases the sensitivity of
muscle fibres and decreases nerve-conduction velocity (creates
a numbing effect),
The
weight of the stones offers a comforting pressure to the
bodys stress zones and counteracts the weight of the clients
own body, which then creates an immediate uplifting response.
Additionally relaxation is induced very quickly allowing
the clients body to heal itself.
Nearly
all stones and minerals have some magnetic character, which
therefore re-organises the structure of the human energy
body, and polarizes imbalances within the physical bod |
