What are the benefits of Hot Stone Massage?

Hot stones and remedial massage also assist the body to utilise energy more efficiently, improving overall metabolic processes and functions. This has many benefits, including maintaining a healthy metabolism and immune system, which assists the body’s defense against infection, including colds and flu, and supporting overall general health.

Hot stone massage is very effective in treating many physiological conditions including the following:

• Helps relieve muscle tension and pain

• Reduces stress and anxiety

• Promotes sleep

• Edema

• Inflammation
  

What is hot stone massage?

Hot stone massage uses heated, smooth stones, which are placed on specific points of the body for the reduction of muscular tension and stress.

Hot Stone Massage is particularly effective during cold weather, as our bodies need to work harder to maintain homeostasis, or a stable, internal environment, including a constant body temperature.

The primary goal of hot stone massage is vasodilation, or the expansion of blood vessels, which increases blood flow and the movement of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. This helps the function of our major systems, including: the central nervous, muscular, and lymphatic systems. Increased circulation also increases joint mobility by lengthening muscle fibers and connective tissue.

Modern-day use of hot stone massage is varied to suit many different needs. Usually the stones are usually heated in hot water and replaced as they cool, but they may also be chilled and alternated with the heated ones, which increases circulation to the targeted muscle. If the therapist uses the stone itself to massage, it may be coated in oil or used over a sheet to facilitate a smooth glide across the skin.

Our hot stone massage practitioners

Learn more about our trained and experienced hot stone massage specialists Jodyann Van Keulen and Yvette Campbell