Hot Stone Massage

Benefits:

• Helps relieve muscle tension and pain
• Reduces stress and anxiety
• Promotes sleep
• May help relieve symptoms of autoimmune disease
• Help decrease cancer symptoms
• May boost immunity

Risks and warnings:

Do not get hot stone massage and/or speak to your doctor before you get hot stone massage if you have any of the following:

• bleeding disorder or take blood thinners

• hot stone massage may cause burns on your skin

• open wounds

• a history of blood clots

• had surgery in the last 6 weeks

• a fracture or severe osteoporosis

• a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia)