Himalayan salt is an iron oxide-based rock salt source from the Himalayan Mountains, which stretch from Afghanistan to Bhutan in South Asia. It is famous for its stand-out pink color and rich mineral content, including high levels of magnesium, calcium and potassium.
Himalayan Salt Stone Massage uses warm crystal stones with 84 minerals to soothe away stress and tension and promotes an increase sense of well-being. The benefits you can enjoy with the Himalayan Salt Stone Massage include: relaxes, rejuvenates, stimulates circulation and promotes collagen stimuli.
Benefits
Warmed salt stones:
• Relax the muscles quickly, slowly penetrating into deeper muscle layers.
• Expand blood vessels, increasing blood also nutrition flow throughout the entire body.
• Are beneficial for clients experiencing arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic stress, also pain, as the stones move lymphatic fluids and toxins.
• Increase circulation also nutrition to muscles.
Cold salt stones relieve muscle tension or injury.
• Reduced soft tissue inflammation.
• Break down adhesions (painful, rigid tissue) in muscles, tendons, ligaments.
• Reduces scar tissue
Himalayan salt probably supports adrenal function better than any other single practice because of the unique properties of this specific salt that allow it to nourish the body in a way that is hard to achieve any other way
Contraindications
It is important to be aware of the contraindications associate with this session.
• Severe high blood pressure not medically control
• Extreme dilated varicose veins
• Skin conditions; shingles/herpes, extreme dermatitis such as eczema, acne, psoriasis
• Neuropathy; usually associate with Diabetes
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Osteoporosis
The Himalyan Stones can be use cold or hot depending on the cleint needs
Salt Stones, Cold or Hot
The following information talks about the differences between cold or cryotherapy also hot or thermotherapy also how these therapies assist with reducing pain.
Cold VS Hot
• Cold is commonly known as Cryotherapy also Hot is more commonly know as Thermotherapy.
• Both work by stimulating your body’s own healing force.
• Cryotherapy reduces pain by constricting blood vessels.
• Heat reduces pain by dilating blood vessels also stimulating circulation.
• Both alter the sensation of pain
Cryotherapy is widely used to relieve muscle pain, sprains also swelling either via soft tissue damage or postoperative swelling.
Contrast Therapy
Alternating cryotherapy also thermotherapy is called contrast therapy.
Contrast therapy:
Passively exercises the soft tissue.
Cryotherapy constricts blood flow pushing the fluid away from the soft tissue.
Thermotherapy increases the blood flow forcing the fluid back into the soft tissue.
Therefore alternating warm salt also cold stones will promote the fluid exchange in the soft tissue also reduce inflammation also pain.
When treating an acute injury the rule of thumb is to start with cryotherapy also end with cryotherapy.
When treating a chronic injury it is OK to start with thermotherapy
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