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Stone Massage

Terminology for Stone Massage

TermDefinition
110-120 F Water temperature for hot stone applications for clients that are frail or intolerant to heat
130-140 F Water temperature for Hot stone applications
Benefits of Cold Stone -inflammation, enhances tissue repair after deep work, -nerve/pain impulses, anagesic
Benefits of Hot Stone +blood flow, +relaxation, +pliability in tissue, +joint movement
Cold Stone Marble, jade and sardonyx are often used as they retain cold longer.
Contour stone for massaging and working around large boney-prominences like hips/shoulders
Contraindications for Stone Massage heart conditions, hypertension, fever, vascular disease, numbness/loss of sensation to application area, broken/irritated skin, inflammation (hot stones), pregnancy, physical frailty, intolerance to heat/cold
Facial stones small stones for working the face
Hot stone typically uses basalt; A dark
Hydrotherapy therapeutic use of water
Large Stones for massaging the back, glutes, and thighs
Mary Nelson coined the term LaStone Therapy, popularized stone massage in the US.
Medium Stones for massaging the arms, chest, or neck
Palm stones Placement stones for underneath the hands while supine or on the hands when prone
Pillow Stone placed under the neck while client is supine
Sacrum Stone large flat stone placed on the belly or sacrum
Small Stones for massaging the hands, feet, or forearms
Spinal Layout Stones used as placement stones under the clients back on either side of the spine
Stone Massage the use of hot stones and cold stones in massage or in other treatments.
Thermotherapy applying heat to the body for therapeutic purposes
Toes stones very small stones that may be placed between the toes
Trigger Point Stone for working knots/trigger points, usually a rounded point on one end
Created by: MassageHow
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