Basalt Stone Becomes a Hot Stone Message Therapy Choice, Check Out the Benefits of This Treatment
Hot Stone Message therapy can be an option for those of you who want to feel traditional massage using hot stones.
Quoting from the Journal of Surabaya State University, one type of stone used for hot stone messages is basalt stone.
This stone belongs to the type of igneous rock.
For the use of hot stone messages, ordinary basalt stones are oval, round flat and oval, with large, medium, spinal, countour, trigger point and small types.
Hot stone message procedure
Hot stone massage is a massage using a type of hot basalt stone with a temperature of 49-57 degrees Celsius.
During the massage process, hot stones that have been scraped will be placed at certain points of the body, such as along the spine, above the abdomen, on the chest, face, palms, feet, and toes.
While the massage movements are carried out like circular, elongated like scrapings, vibrated like kneading dough, or tapped on the body.
Not infrequently, therapists also use special tools to move basalt stones.
Benefits of hot stone massage
1. Reduce muscle soreness
The hot temperature from the stone can increase blood flow to the muscles and reduce muscle soreness and restore it after intense exercise. Blood flow to the muscles that can reduce the trigger of muscle pain and increase the flexibility of muscles and ligaments (connecting muscles and joints).
2. Reduce stress and anxiety
Massage has long been known to relax the body.
A study published in the Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research (2015) explains that touch during massage makes the body release serotonin and dopamine, two hormones that can improve mood.
3. Reduces insomnia
Hot stone massage has the potential to improve sleep quality.
So we 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.