What Is a Hot Stone Massage?
Video Transcript What Is a Hot Stone Massage? Hi, I’m Sundae with Natural Sundae. Have you ever wondered what a hot stone massage is? Well, I’m here to help you. Now a hot stone massage is a type of massage therapy in which hot stones are use to heat the tissue and warm it up for the therapist so they can really get in there and effect some change and heal that tissue. Now the components of a hot stone massage are of course, most importantly the hot stones and these are specifically basalt stones which are lava stones. And they are use specifically for their ability to withhold heat or cold at different times, but they withhold heat very well and they transfer it to a person’s tissue. Sometimes therapists lay these right on the client’s skin. I don’t really recommend that, I would recommend using a towel in between that’s personally what I do. But anyways, so they are the stones and generally, therapists have different routines. No therapist routine is the same and generally there are
