When it comes to seeking migraine headache relief it can pay off to be a little creative and think outside of the box. One of my favorite natural migraine treatments is Hot Stone Massage Therapy. It's painless and calming. Hot Stone Massage therapy can relax the extreme muscle tension that comes with migraines without the pain or discomfort that other forms of massage sometimes entail. It's a very non-invasive and soothing therapy that can give you the kind of migraine headache relief you've been searching for as it relieves many common migraine symptoms.
Hot Stone Massage Therapy uses polished basalt stones that are water heated in an electric roaster or crock pot. The heated stones are rubbed in massage oil and then some stones are placed strategically to rest on different pressure points of the body. Other stones are used by the massage practitioner to glide over your muscles while in the palms of their hands giving you a full body massage. The stones are fantastic at melting away severe muscle tension without pain or discomfort. This is really one of the most relaxing and soothing migraine headache relief treatments around.
The Basalt stones that are used in this treatment can carry their heat anywhere from 25- minutes to even longer, which means that every stone that is placed on your pressure points or pain areas literally melt away the discomfort with the constant and soothing heat they generate for so long. Stones that eventually lose their heat are then swapped out by the practitioner for more hot stones and again placed all about the body where relief is being called for.
The Basalt stones come in many different shapes and sizes which curve to different parts of your body perfectly. My personal favorite is the large oval shaped stone that is often placed at the back of the neck. It cradles the neck and upper shoulders as you lay on your back and does a wonderful job of melting away those tight stringy muscles that our migraines are so good at creating. Relieving this muscle tension quickens your ability to achieve migraine headache relief. There are also tiny stones that are used to massage the face and jaw. Similar tiny stones might also be placed between your toes and fingers.
Since many migraineurs can feel very cold before, during and even after a migraine the hot stone therapy works wonders in alleviating the poor circulation and cold feeling. Often times the massage practitioner will place two large stones in the palms of your hands to gently hold onto and this very quickly relieves the cold hands syndrome that some of us get with migraine. Isn't it about time you found some migraine headache relief treatments that sound this good?
Hot Stone Massage Therapy offers many benefits for migraineurs including:
• Improved blood circulation
• increased oxygenation
• increased immune function
• decreased anxiety and depression
• calming the nervous system
• muscle and joint pain relief
• headache pain relief
• increased vitality
• released toxins
Since pre-migraine symptoms often include muscle tension and pain in the neck and shoulders, (and let's face it, all over!) Hot Stone Massage therapy might be one of those natural migraine treatments you want to add to your migraine prevention routine. Muscle tension and pain is a symptom that tends to show up for many migraineurs before, during and even after a migraine so getting a hot stone massage can help bring you relief in any stage of your migraine.
If you've struggled to relieve the muscle tension and pain that accompanies migraine disease I guarantee you that this therapy will work magic where others have failed for you. I put this treatment at the top of the list for natural migraine treatments worth having.
Massage therapy has long been a beneficial migraine headache relief treatment that many migraineurs include in their self-care routine. Receiving a massage that integrates the use of hot stones can simply speed up your recovery time melting away muscle tension twice as fast as more traditional massage modalities.
Hot Stone Massage Therapy uses polished basalt stones that are water heated in an electric roaster or crock pot. The heated stones are rubbed in massage oil and then some stones are placed strategically to rest on different pressure points of the body. Other stones are used by the massage practitioner to glide over your muscles while in the palms of their hands giving you a full body massage. The stones are fantastic at melting away severe muscle tension without pain or discomfort. This is really one of the most relaxing and soothing migraine headache relief treatments around.
The Basalt stones that are used in this treatment can carry their heat anywhere from 25- minutes to even longer, which means that every stone that is placed on your pressure points or pain areas literally melt away the discomfort with the constant and soothing heat they generate for so long. Stones that eventually lose their heat are then swapped out by the practitioner for more hot stones and again placed all about the body where relief is being called for.
The Basalt stones come in many different shapes and sizes which curve to different parts of your body perfectly. My personal favorite is the large oval shaped stone that is often placed at the back of the neck. It cradles the neck and upper shoulders as you lay on your back and does a wonderful job of melting away those tight stringy muscles that our migraines are so good at creating. Relieving this muscle tension quickens your ability to achieve migraine headache relief. There are also tiny stones that are used to massage the face and jaw. Similar tiny stones might also be placed between your toes and fingers.
Since many migraineurs can feel very cold before, during and even after a migraine the hot stone therapy works wonders in alleviating the poor circulation and cold feeling. Often times the massage practitioner will place two large stones in the palms of your hands to gently hold onto and this very quickly relieves the cold hands syndrome that some of us get with migraine. Isn't it about time you found some migraine headache relief treatments that sound this good?
Hot Stone Massage Therapy offers many benefits for migraineurs including:
• Improved blood circulation
• increased oxygenation
• increased immune function
• decreased anxiety and depression
• calming the nervous system
• muscle and joint pain relief
• headache pain relief
• increased vitality
• released toxins
Since pre-migraine symptoms often include muscle tension and pain in the neck and shoulders, (and let's face it, all over!) Hot Stone Massage therapy might be one of those natural migraine treatments you want to add to your migraine prevention routine. Muscle tension and pain is a symptom that tends to show up for many migraineurs before, during and even after a migraine so getting a hot stone massage can help bring you relief in any stage of your migraine.
If you've struggled to relieve the muscle tension and pain that accompanies migraine disease I guarantee you that this therapy will work magic where others have failed for you. I put this treatment at the top of the list for natural migraine treatments worth having.
Massage therapy has long been a beneficial migraine headache relief treatment that many migraineurs include in their self-care routine. Receiving a massage that integrates the use of hot stones can simply speed up your recovery time melting away muscle tension twice as fast as more traditional massage modalities.
