Hot & Cold Stone Therapy

Stone Therapy

Stone Therapy uses heated and frozen
stones to deliver a deeply therapeutic,
relaxing, grounding, deep-tissue and
cleansing treatment.

The therapy reaches us on every level,
mind, body and spirit. This therapy uses
all the opposite, black basalt hot stone
and white cold marble stone (hot
and cold, black and white, positive and negative).
All the client has to do is relax into the massage
bed and the stones do all the work. They can take
away lifelong pains and discomfort, returning
the body to its rightful balance.

The treatment, in my experience, brings about a
chemical release within the body’s system, to balance
and recharge ourselves, releasing tension / toxins and
connecting with the power and peace of life.

This therapy will keep working for up to seventy two
hours after the treatment has been applied. The
treatment enables the body to heal itself, it sets off a
chain reaction within the body. The treatment stimulates
the nervous system, to work the muscles and increase
the blood supply, therefore eliminating the toxins out of
the body through the lymph system. The cold stones are
used to relieve tension and negativity from the body. The
idea of the cold stones may not be appealing but you will
soon understand their benefit to the session. They are
every bit as relaxing and balancing for the client. This
therapy not alone works on the physical body but
energetically also. Some of the stones are placed on the
body to encourage the flow of energy through the body,
allowing balance and releasing blocks within the bodies
energy.

Benefits of each application:

The application of heat:

1. Causes vasodilation, widening of the blood vessels
which increases blood flow.

2. Increases circulation for the body to process and
cleanse.

3. Increased metabolism, all organs are worked to
optimum levels and much more efficiently.

4. Increased pulse rate.

5. Increased lymph function, bodies waste disposal
system works to eliminate toxins and cleanse.

6. Reduces spasticity in the muscle, giving the muscle
more flexibility for deeper work and relaxing the tension
to eliminate tightness.

7. Decreases the stimulus of the myoneural junction,
sends us into a deeply relaxed state and our responses
are much slower.

The application of cold:

1. Causes vasoconstriction, the blood vessels narrow
pushing the blood away from the area.

2. Producing an analgesic effect, the body releases a
natural pain-relief substances known as prostaglandin
into the muscle, this in turn can, reduce swelling, relieve
painful cramps, relieve tension, relieve the build up of
toxins or crystals under the skin or in the muscles.

3. Provides a shock effect with the temperature applied,
when receiving this shock our body takes in a deep
breath, oxygenating the blood.

4. Inhibits the release of necrosin, this is a natural
chemical which destroys tissue. Usually if a muscle is
damaged and unattended, this chemical continues
deterioration.

5. Reduces Inflammation, a damaged muscle will swell
and the cold reduces this process.

If the cold stones are applied correctly and
sympathetically the client won't feel uncomfortable. The
client will just notice the difference before the treatment
and after. A balance is required: heat relaxes and cold
invigorates, heat pulls blood to the surfaces of the skin
and cold pushes it away, heat increases the flow where
as cold decreases. This application is known as
thermotherapy.