Can Hot Stone Massage Help With Persistent Hip Pain?
Persistent hip pain can have a significant impact on your quality of life. Not only could it limit your leisure activities, but even basic actions such as walking can become uncomfortable as a result.
Nobody wants to suffer from limited mobility or have to pop painkillers every day, so if you have persistent hip pain, you may want to try some new treatment options. Hot stone massage offers one of those.
Common causes of hip pain include:
- Osteoarthritis
- Fractures
- Bursitis (inflammation of sacs of liquid situated between the bones and tendons)
- Tendonitis
- Muscle strains
Some of these might be more temporary, such as a muscle strain, while fractures, by nature, can have many causes. However, in the latter case, you may be more vulnerable to these as you get older and your bones become more brittle.
The other conditions mentioned can be much more persistent and the result can be chronic pain that requires careful management. However, you may often feel like the steps you are taking at present are not enough and you want to try something new.
Is Hot Stone Massage The Solution For Your Hip Pain?
Hot stone massage may offer that new avenue to pain relief that you have been seeking.
This would be particularly useful for muscular or tendon injuries, as the heat from the stones will have the benefit of easing tension and increasing blood flow to the affected area.
It may be used by alternating between hot and cold applications, with the cold reducing inflammation and the heat promoting healing.
Not everyone will benefit from this treatment, of course. For example, the weight of a hot stone may be counterproductive for some osteoarthritis sufferers. It is more likely to help with soft tissue issues.
Hot stones may also help if the hip pain is caused by a problem centred nearby, such as in the lower back.
What we offer is a very high level of expertise, which means we can assess your needs and establish if a hot stone massage is the best way to ease your hip pain, or whether an alternative treatment would provide more effective relief.