Feel Great with Hot Stone Massage

by SharonHartnett | Nov 9, 2017 | hot stone massage

Lighten Up Therapies offers Hot Stone

Do you want to melt away that tension? Have you ever tried a Hot Stone? Our warm basalt river stones penetrate deeply into the muscles and get the blood flowing. They are also know to have a calming effect that helps to relieve chronic pain, promote deep relaxation and help the mind to quiet.

Hot Stone Massage

Today I had a client who thought she had a touch of sciatica. Sometimes, when a massage therapist hears this,he or she may start to dig into the rotator muscles. Instead, I heated up my stones and applied a gentle, yet consistent pressure over her piriformis and around the gluteus muscles. This helped to quiet the muscle spasm go away without putting extra pressure on the nerve. You don’t want any compression there. At the same time, in other areas where there was tension, I used the more pointed but round ends to get in after the tissues were ready.

The hot stone massage is able to reach deep, and help you to let go. Not to mention, that it feels more than great as the stones glide over the body with that wonderful warmth that give your skin an extra glow.

There are a few contraindications for Hot Stone Massage. If you are pregnant, have diabetes or other illnesses. Please consult your physician first. Your health is always of the utmost importance.

I always say that massage is more than a luxury. It promotes health and wellbeing on so many levels. But in this case, it does feel luxurious.

If you have questions about Hot Stone Massage, or if you would like to make an appointment, you can reach me at:

Sharon Hartnett LMT

Member of the AMTA

Serving the area of Columbus and East of there.

703 509 1792

www.craniosacraltherapistcolumbus.com

Ask for Hot Stone Massage…

by SharonHartnett | Mar 26, 2013 | Massage, Structural Integration

Ask for Hot Stone Massage…

One of my loves in massage is aligning the body to relate easier in relationship to gravity. I am a big fan of Ida Rolf’s work because she has placed a light on the horizon for massage therapists to help their client’s find better posture. The quote below sums her insight of structure very clearly:

“Some individuals may perceive their losing fight with gravity as a sharp pain in their back, others as the unflattering contour of their body, others as constant fatigue, yet others as an unrelentingly threatening environment. Those over forty may call it old age. And yet all these signals may be pointing to a single problem so prominent in their own structure, as well as others, that it has been ignored: they are off balance, they are at war with gravity.”

–Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D.

: hot stone massage after a structural integration session feels good…

Structural Integration is such a beautiful modality of massage therapy. It offers opportunities than can’t be found in a basic Swedish massage. It works with lengthening the fascia and restoring structural integrity for more longterm results.

At the same time, while I love the Structural Integration work, it does entail some deep feeling of letting go and touching into resistance. So I like to offer an addition 15 minute massage with hot stones at the end of a massage session to give the body time to integrate and receive what has happened during the session. If you are a person who enjoys hot stone massage, you may request the additional time for $20.00 extra.

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