At Gaya Spa Wellness, What is Hot Stone Massage?
Hot stone massage is a type of massage therapy that has been a trend in recent years. The good news is, this treatment is available at Gaya Spa Wellness.
What is hot stone massage?
Hot stone massage is a massage using a type of hot basalt stone with a temperature of 49 - 57 ° Celsius. This is a volcanic stone that can retain heat for a long time.
Hot stone massage may remind you of ceragem, but this therapy uses natural stones.
During the massage, several hot stones that have been scraped will be placed on certain points of the body, such as along the spine, above the stomach, on the chest, face, palms, feet, and toes.
The massage therapist sometimes holds the stones and uses them to massage you.
Benefits of Hot Stone Massage
1. Reduces muscle aches
The heat from the stones can increase blood flow to the muscles and reduce muscle pain and restore them after intense exercise.
Blood flow to the muscles can reduce triggers for muscle pain and increase muscle and ligament flexibility (connecting muscles and joints).
Heat also helps fuel the muscles to quickly repair damage after physical activity.
It is no wonder that massage after exercise is recommended to reduce the risk of pain due to injury.
2. Reduces stress and anxiety
Massage has long been known to relax your body. This benefit even helps reduce stress and anxiety.
A study published in the Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research (2015) explains that touch during massage causes the body to release serotonin and dopamine, two hormones that can improve mood.
Touch also helps reduce stress-inducing hormones, namely cortisol.
When done regularly, hot stone massage helps maintain overall mental health quality.
3. Reduces insomnia
Hot stone massage has the potential to improve sleep quality. You can sleep better and wake up less often in the middle of the night.
This alternative therapy works by reducing the causes of sleep disorders, such as anxiety, stress, and pain.
Massage also causes the body to release serotonin which regulates the circadian rhythm so that sleep schedules remain regular.
However, you need to understand that most new studies test the benefits of regular massage, not hot stone massage.
4. Relieves pain in autoimmune diseases
Several autoimmune diseases can cause muscle and joint pain, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis or rheumatism.
Lupus symptoms are usually characterized by pain throughout the muscles that cause fatigue and difficulty sleeping well or fibromyalgia.
Regular massage for 30 minutes helps reduce compound P, a compound that sends pain signals to the brain.
Pain in rheumatic patients is reduced if massage is routinely done with moderate pressure. Rheumatic patients can even grip objects more firmly and move more freely.
5. Control cancer symptoms
A study published in Cancer (2018) observed that massage can reduce symptoms of fatigue.
This fatigue occurs continuously and is triggered by cancer, its treatment, or changes in activity.
However, this study does not explain how massage can reduce prolonged fatigue.
Older, larger-scale research in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2004) found that massage therapy helps control stress, pain, nausea, anxiety, depression, and fatigue in cancer patients.
6. Increases body immunity
Regular massage helps increase body immunity. The touch and pressure of massage are related to white blood cells.
These cells are found in the immune system and are useful for fighting bacteria, viruses, or harmful foreign substances.
In addition, massage affects compounds called cytokines. These compounds help control the body's immune response.
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