All you Massage Therapist's: What are your best stone pat technique?
I have been practicing stone wipe for over a year now, and for some reason...only can't get into it. I feel approaching the stones are clumsy in my hands and I can't stand doing an 80 minute polish. I get bored. I kind of a moment ago learned by myself and from one of those DVDs, so I'm guessing there have to be some tricks to this modality. What are your best moves? Any advice would be welcome and greatly appreciated!
Answers: I know how you be aware of, but my problem is my hands are too heat sensitive. So by the time the rocks are cool satisfactory for me to hold them, they are too cool for my client. I end up getting burned. So instead I like doing what's call an Oriental Hot Rocks. I take about seven colossal rocks that are shaped like the muscles of where I am putting them, for example the one on the sacrum is triangle. Then I hold the client lay face down, and put a towel on their backs. I hold the super heated rocks and place them in order on the rear, two across until I get to the sacrum. Then I roll the rocks in the towel so they can be moved smartly if there's a problem. They lie like that for something like thirty minutes and then I start the massage, and their muscles are similar to butter! I prefer that treatment. Good luck!
If you don't like, it you don't have to do it.
Boredom really only means you aren't present with your client.
Try looking at it as something current and exciting to learn -not just something you hold to do.
Take some classes in it.