Hot Stone Massage Demo

it is important as a massage therapist
to clean and maintain our rocks Tara
prior to during and after each use so
what we’re going to do first is we’re
going to warm up the tissue before
applying hot stones we are starting at
the trapezius and I’m going all the way
down to the sacrum opening up coming
back on the flanks around the shoulders
like this up on the trapezius pulling up
on the occiput perform this a couple of
times and this is going to promote a
state of relaxation in our client
there’s two types of applications for
hot stone therapy one of these is
placement stones we start with a large
stone which we place on the sacrum this
triangular section and it provides heat
to the entire lumbar area following that
we’re going to play stones along each
side of the spine along the lunges in
this muscle our stones are left there
for anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes
depending on the needs of the client so
what are the red flags or
contraindications for hot stone massage
anyone who is pregnant below three
months probably should not get one
people with varicose veins high blood
pressure ulcers or any kind of skin
disease should not be having a hot stone
massage we normally ask our client if
they have any medical history that may
be an additional contraindication
whether they’re taking any medications
that may react to heat in this in this
particular case I take a stone from the
heater I apply some oil on it and they
start using it for broad techniques on
the back and as I’m working the back I’m
leaving the stones in a way it’s a way
of massaging the back and then leaving
the placement stones all the way up when
I’ve covered the entire back leave my
client there he relaxes and we’re ready
to move to a different segment of the
body so what I have in my hand now is
considered a tooling storm what a
tooling stone is is if you look at my
thumb notices similarity between it and
this stone
most massage therapists have to apply a
lot of pressure with their thumbs
working if they’re going to be needing
into attention and adhesion but with a
tooling stone I have the benefit of an
extended thumb and I can apply a lot of
pressure into one a particular not so
this is what we call a foolish place a
stone on the hand just like that if
you’re one of those people that have
cold hands this is one of the ways to
prevent the hands from getting cold
during the massage because during a
massage your body temperature will drop
and this is one of the benefits again to
hot stone massage this is andy aragon
for watchmojo.com at my mess of
therapists i’d like to thank you for
taking the time to watch your segment on
hot stone massage
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