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Hot stone massage is a specialty massage that can be performed by using smooth, heated stones. The stones are often basalt, i.e. black volcanic rocks that absorb and preserve heat well.

Hot stone massage is a relaxing and deeply soothing form of massage. The heat helps to release and relax the tightened muscles.

What will you experience during hot stone massage?

• Before your arrival, usually the therapist cleanses the stones and keeps them in the water at the temperature of 120-150 degrees.
• Basically, the therapist uses usual strokes of Swedish massage though grasping the heated stone. Whenever the stone cools down, the therapist replaces it with another one.
• Sometimes, the therapist keeps the heated stones at particular points along the spine, between the toes or in the palms of your hand. This helps to rejuvenate your body [Chinese massage to rejuvenate your body].
• If you are suffering with any muscle injury or inflammation, then the practitioner uses cold stones.

During the massage technique, you need to lie on a series of flat cool and hot stones or on a couch, which are covered by using a thick towel to trace the spine. Sometimes, the practitioner applies oil to your skin and moves smoothly the stones across your body’s meridians.

Physical therapy massage is the therapy, which provides provision of services and these services will help in restoring and maintaining maximum functional ability and movement throughout your life span.

It will provide rehabitalization, promoting, preventing and treatment by maximizing movement and identifying according to your body potential.

The treatment done using physical therapy consumes 30- 45 minutes. There is no any age difference for taking help of physical therapy massage.

AGI herbal gel for physical therapy massage:

For physical massage you can use AGI herbal gel. For external usage, you can use pure and natural vegetarian herbal gel i.e., AGI nerves active. This is prepared by combining various rare pesticides, effective essential oils and plant extracts which are present in mountain regions.

You can use this for energizing condition of your body condition and strengthening your immune power as this herbal gel ingredients comprise of valuable natural minerals.

AGI nerves active is used for definite body movement as it is an essential organic blend. This is used traditionally on motionless body by women, men and teenagers to aim mobility, muscular power and balance from distal to proximal.

Aromatherapy massage is the massage done using aromatherapy essential oils.

Self treating is possible through aromatherapy massage.

Aromatherapy massage not only helps you in relaxation but also rejuvenate your body from head to toe.

You can improve your well being of mind and body by using essential oils of aromatherapy massage.

By doing this massage, you can get therapeutic healing, as this massage is done with the help of aromatherapy essential oils, which are actually plant extracts. You can feel relief from daily tensions and attain deep relaxation of muscles.

Aromatherapy massage will help in water preservation, stimulates the lymphatic system and immune system. Aromatherapy massage is considered as the great therapy for fatigue, injury or tension.

The working of aromatherapy massage:

Limbic system is the nostrils attached to the part of brain. The influences and emotions on the hormones and nervous system are controlled with limbic system.

When the essential oils are inhaled by you, then messages are sent to limbic system to affect the stress level, heart rate, breathing, memory, blood pressure, immune and digestion system. When you apply these essential oils on skin, then these are absorbed by the skin.

The main idea behind Chinese massage is- they combine massage with herbal medicines.

This massage enhances the speed, benefits and herbs act on your body.

A liniment or oils combined with herbs acts as an addition channel to pursue the benefits of herbs on your body.

Chinese massage is very much related with acupunture and qigong practice.

Massage has the unique properties of relaxing the body, the exhausted nerves and joints. This massage serves as a holistic approach to entire health care.

The idea behind the massage is to energize the system of the body, beside streaming the wayward thoughts, emotions and turning towards spiritualism.

Benefits of Chinese massage:

• Stimulates the blood circulation as well as normalizes the nerves systems.
• Removes scar tissues.
• Speeds up the healing of injuries and clears the bruises.
• Lessen the emotional stress.
• Flexibility of the joints is increased and improves posture of the body.
• Give relief from chronic pains.
• Improves athletic performances.
• Immunity system is improved to fight diseases.
• Cure some conditions which can affect internal joints.

As the benefits are widespread, the massage is also in demand.

Massage technique is a technique which is performed on different areas of the body by stroking, pressing and kneading to have relief over pains and tone your body.

Massage technique will effect in the deeper layers of muscles and organs. Massage therapy will help in improving the eliminating of wastes from your body.

Massage technique will help in reducing stress and fatigue and for improving blood circulation of your body. It will help in relaxing your mind.

Massage technique performed with different methods:

Massage technique is done by using oils or talc around the whole body. It is not only done manually but also done by using mechanical aids, structured or unstructured stationary and by applying pressure, tension, motion or vibration.

This therapy is applied on the soft tissues of the body; soft tissues include muscles, connective tissues, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, lymphatic vessels and organs of the gastro intestinal system.

You can follow this massage technique regularly. If you do massage technique regularly, you can do your activities actively.

Massage technique will work in mechanical action and reflex action. Mechanical action of message therapy will move your muscles and soft tissues by using pressure and stretching movement.

Ayurvedic massage provides relaxation, blood circulation and elimination of toxins.

Ayurvedic massage helps to rejuvenate (restore) energy. Ayurvedic oils are important for ayurvedic massage.

Ayurvedic massage oils are dhanvataram tailam, ksheerabal tailam, and maha narayana tailam.

Auromere and Esutras massage oils are used for ayurvedic massage.

Massage is like a passive exercise. Ayurvedic massage is important for the people who are weak and unable to do exercise.

Massage oil is selected according to season. Mustard oil and olive should be chosen in winter and you should not use in summer. Coconut oil and sun flower oil should be used in hot climate.

Individual massage oils such as babuna oil is used for giving relief over muscular pains. Coriander oil removes excess heat from your body.

Method of Ayurvedic massage:

If you are doing massage for your partner, you can start either from feet or head. First you apply the oil where you have to do massage. Then massage that part with palms till the oil is absorbed by the body.

Your massage motion should be uniform and you must employ only upward strokes. Ayurvedic massage is applied only to the muscles but not bones.

Shiatsu is also called as acupressure (finger pressure technique). Shiatsu massage is done by applying pressure using thumbs, finger and palms.

Shiatsu massage is applied on the spots which are determined during the evaluation period before the Shiatsu massage is started.

Shiatsu massage will not use any needle pokes. The techniques involved in Shiatsu massage are tapping, squeezing, rubbing and applied pressure.

These techniques are applied along the meridians (which unblock the energy) for restoring the energy.

Shiatsu massage will provide the following benefits:

Shiatsu massage is used for physical, emotional and mental disorders.

• This will provide the deep muscle and tissue relaxation.
• This helps in managing and reducing your stress.
• If Shiatsu massage is done on the muscle, then the toxins which are secreted by muscles are removed.
• This massage will help you in increasing your body’s flexibility.
• This will help in improving your blood circulations.
• Doing this massage will reduce the blood pressure.
• This massage will help in reducing mental anxieties.
• This massage will improve your mental and spiritual awareness.
• This will help in maintaining your nerves calm.
• This is used for correcting your body imbalances.

Before knowing about Thai massage first you have to know about massage.

Massage is the method of applying pressure that can be either structured or unstructured.

The pressure can also be applied in the form of tension, motion or vibration either manually or by using any other mechanical devices on the soft tissues (muscles, connectives, tendons, ligaments, joints, lymphatic parts or any gastrointestinal system).

Thai massage is the massage done by passive stretching and gentle pressure of energy lines using an interactive manipulation of the body. These movements help to:

• Adjust your skeletal structure
• Increase your flexibility.
• In order to have relief on your joints and muscular tension.
• To stimulate your internal organs.
• To balance your body energy system.

If you want to have above conditions to your body, then you had to go for Thai massage. For preferring this massage you can be young, old, active, inactive, healthy or unhealthy.

Thai massage will give you relaxation and energy. This massage practice is same as doing yoga. No need of keeping much effort for doing this massage. It will provide treatments for acupressure.