How to Use Hot Stones

Edited by Chris, Amanda

One Methods:Use Hot Rocks for Massage
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 utilie them for a hot
stone massa!e. A !ood ni!ht"s sleep and massa!e may improve your health.
Hot stone therapy provides tension relief, improves circulation and
alleviates muscle pain.
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1 (ash them off in the sin&, and clean them with rubbin!
alcohol.(hen you use hot roc&s, you want them sanitied.

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2 Heat your roc&s on the stove.(hen you use hot roc&s, they
retain the heat for a lon! time.

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3 +se oven mitts to ta&e the roc&s from the stove.

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4 -lace the heated roc&s in a cotton ba!, and put them under
your bed covers.
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5 -lace stones in a saucepan and add enou!h water to cover
them.Hot stone massa!e techni/ues utilie roc&s heated up in water.

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6 -ut the saucepan on the stove and turn the burner on to
medium low.

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7 Attach a candy thermometer to the inside of the pan to chec&
the temperature of the water.Hot stone therapy re/uires roc&s to
reach a certain temperature. (hen the thermometer almost reaches $'0
de!rees %ahrenheit 1*2.23 C4, remove the pan from the stove and drain
the water.

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8 Chec& the temperature of the roc&s.5hey should feel warm, but
not too hot. (hen usin! hot stone therapy, you don"t want to burn
anyone. 6ry the roc&s off with a towel.

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9 7ay the person receivin! the hot stone massa!e face down on
a massa!e table or bed.Cover their bac& with a sheet.

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10 -lace ) of the hot stones on their left le!.Hot stone therapy
is methodical. -ut $ stone in the middle of the thi!h, $ stone in the
middle of the calf and $ stone behind the &neecap.

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11 #/uirt a small amount of massa!e oil into your hand and rub
the oil on their ri!ht le!.Hot stone therapy includes utiliin! a
stone as a massa!e tool. .ub a heated stone up and down their ri!ht
le!.

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12 #witch the stones to their ri!ht le!, and use the same hot
stone massa!e techni/ues on the left le!.

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13 .emove the sheet from their bac& and move the stones to
their lower bac&.Cover their le!s with the sheet to &eep them warm.

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14 +se hot roc&s to massa!e their buttoc&s.

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15 -lace $ stone on their nec& and $ stone on each shoulder.Move
the rest of the stones to their spine.

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16 Add more massa!e oil as necessary.+se hot roc&s to massa!e the
upper bac&, nec& and shoulder blades.

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17 5a&e the stones off, and have the person turn onto their
bac&.Hot stone massa!e will wor& on both sides of the body. Cover
their upper body with the sheet.

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18 #et ) stones on each calf, and use hot roc&s to massa!e
alon! their arms and le!s.

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19 Chan!e the position of the sheet and stones.Move the stones
off their calves and place $ of them near the heart, $ close to the
sternum and $ on the belly button. +se hot roc&s on each shoulder,
and cover their lower body with the sheet.

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20 Massa!e their chest, stomach and nec&.(hen usin! hot stone
therapy, rub with a circular motion around their stomach area.

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21 Add more oil to your palm, and massa!e their face and scalp
with your fin!ers.

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22 7et the person rela: for a few minutes after you have
completed their hot stone massa!e.