Use Hot Stones
Hot stones have a variety of uses. You can heat stones up in the winter and use them as bed warmers, and you can also utilize them for a hot stone massage. A good night's sleep and massage may improve your health. Hot stone therapy provides tension relief, improves circulation and alleviates muscle pain.
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- Find smooth, flat rocks.
- Wash them off in the sink, and clean them with rubbing alcohol. When you use hot rocks, you want them sanitized.
- Heat your rocks on the stove. When you use hot rocks, they retain the heat for a long time.
- Use oven mitts to take the rocks from the stove.
- Place the heated rocks in a cotton bag, and put them under your bed covers.
Use Hot Rocks for Massage
- Place stones in a saucepan and add enough water to cover them. Hot stone massage techniques utilize rocks heated up in water.
- Put the saucepan on the stove and turn the burner on to medium low.
- Attach a candy thermometer to the inside of the pan to check the temperature of the water. Hot stone therapy requires rocks to reach a certain temperature. When the thermometer almost reaches 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.89 C), remove the pan from the stove and drain the water.
- Check the temperature of the rocks. They should feel warm, but not too hot. When using hot stone therapy, you don't want to burn anyone. Dry the rocks off with a towel.
- Lay the person receiving the hot stone massage face down on a massage table or bed. Cover their back with a sheet.
- Place 3 of the hot stones on their left leg. Hot stone therapy is methodical. Put 1 stone in the middle of the thigh, 1 stone in the middle of the calf and 1 stone behind the kneecap.
- Squirt a small amount of massage oil into your hand and rub the oil on their right leg. Hot stone therapy includes utilizing a stone as a massage tool. Rub a heated stone up and down their right leg.
- Switch the stones to their right leg, and use the same hot stone massage techniques on the left leg.
- Remove the sheet from their back and move the stones to their lower back. Cover their legs with the sheet to keep them warm.
- Use hot rocks to massage their buttocks.
- Place 1 stone on their neck and 1 stone on each shoulder. Move the rest of the stones to their spine.
- Add more massage oil as necessary. Use hot rocks to massage the upper back, neck and shoulder blades.
- Take the stones off, and have the person turn onto their back. Hot stone massage will work on both sides of the body. Cover their upper body with the sheet.
- Set 3 stones on each calf, and use hot rocks to massage along their arms and legs.
- Change the position of the sheet and stones. Move the stones off their calves and place 1 of them near the heart, 1 close to the sternum and 1 on the belly button. Use hot rocks on each shoulder, and cover their lower body with the sheet.
- Massage their chest, stomach and neck. When using hot stone therapy, rub with a circular motion around their stomach area.
- Add more oil to your palm, and massage their face and scalp with your fingers.
- Let the person relax for a few minutes after you have completed their hot stone massage.
Things You'll Need
- Smooth, flat rocks
- Stove
- Water
- Oven mitt
- Rubbing alcohol
- Cotton bag
- Saucepan
- Candy thermometer
- Towel
- Massage table or bed
- Sheet
- Massage oil
