Therapeutic Hot Stones: Why I Use Heat as a Healing Tool

Marissa in her flow state

At Loosen Up Deland, I use hot stones because they work. Heat is one of the most effective tools I’ve found for helping the body soften, regulate, and heal in a way that hands alone sometimes can’t.

This isn’t a trend. It’s physiology.

Heat Changes Tissue Behavior

When a body comes in holding chronic tension, pain, or stress, it’s usually not because the muscles are tight for no reason. It’s protective. The nervous system is guarding.

Heat helps interrupt that pattern.

Therapeutic hot stones:

* Increase circulation to restricted areas

* Improve tissue elasticity so muscles can actually lengthen

* Reduce guarding without forcing pressure

* Help the nervous system feel safe enough to let go

When tissue warms, it responds differently.

When the nervous system calms, the work goes deeper—and lasts longer.

Why I Choose Hot Stones Over More Pressure

More pressure is not always better.

I’ve seen too many bodies leave sessions feeling sore, overwhelmed, or temporarily relieved but unchanged. Hot stones allow us to work **smarter**, not harder.

They let us:

* Access deeper layers without aggressive force

* Support chronic pain patterns without triggering defense

* Prepare tissue before focused therapeutic work

* Create results without exhausting the body

This is especially important for people who feel “tight no matter what” or who don’t respond well to deep pressure alone.

This Is Skilled, Intentional Work

At Loosen Up, hot stones are used with intention and training. Our therapists understand anatomy, tissue response, and nervous system regulation. The stones are not the work—the therapist is.

The stones become an extension of skilled hands, allowing for precision, presence, and care.

That matters.

Who I Recommend This Work For

Therapeutic hot stones are incredibly supportive if you:

* Live with chronic neck, shoulder, or low back pain

* Carry stress in your body that never seems to turn off

* Want deep therapeutic results without feeling pushed through

* Need your body to feel safe in order to release

This work meets your body where it is instead of demanding it change.

Heat Creates the Conditions for Healing

At the core of Loosen Up are compassion, safety, belief, and trust. I believe healing happens when the body feels supported, not forced.

Therapeutic hot stones help create those conditions. They allow the body to soften naturally, breathe more fully, and begin to reorganize patterns that no longer serve it.

That’s why I offer this work.

And that’s why I stand behind it.

Book a Therapeutic Hot Stone Session

Therapeutic hot stone sessions are available with trained therapists at **Loosen Up Deland** who understand this work beyond the surface.

If your body is asking for something deeper—

this may be the tool that helps it respond.

Book your session when you’re ready.