Hot stone massages are popular in Jacksonville because they offer a totally different experience from a Swedish, deep tissue, Thai, or other types of massage. The smooth stones are warmed in a special device, brought to just the right temperature. First, the therapist will allow you to relax fully with the stones before using their natural contours to hook and knead your knotted or tense muscles. The technician may even vibrate the stone using special techniques to help you achieve an even deeper level of tension release with the hot stone massage. All this only costs $40 for a half hour, $65 for one hour, or $95 for 90 minutes at Adrienne Michelles Salon and Spa. While it seems like an exotic, special, and costly technique, the hot stone massage is actually reasonably priced and affordable. Because it relieves stress, a hot stone massage can be considered an important therapeutic process that promotes mental health and wellbeing.
Hot stone massage is a revitalized, standardized, and modernized version of an ancient and global technique of bodywork and massage. The use of stones to work the muscles is intuitive, as stones that have been naturally rounded and smoothed by the water have just the right weight and texture for use in massage. If you have ever walked barefoot on a cool riverbed, stream, or pebble beach, you already understand the principle of the stone massage. Warming the stones to about body temperature creates the ultimate soothing experience akin to a soak in a Japanese onsen, only without the intensity of the hot bath. Also, hot stone massage specialists like Adrienne Michelles use machines that have been designed only for heating the stones to the optimal temperature, making the method safe as well as effective. Hot stone massage can be combined effectively and therapeutically with other massage techniques or with healing modalities.
