Can anyone recommend a good place to purchase basalt stones and a stone heater?

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Permalink Reply by Linda LePelley, RN, NMT on December 4, 2011 at 3:26pm

I wrote the following to another member of this site yesterday, and I think you might find it helpful as well. Again, I am not affiliated with this company, but I wish I owned stock in it because, dare I say it? They ROCK!! LOL!

Hi Gina, I use hot stones in my work, but it is very different than the routine where you let them lay on the body for a period of time. That takes some experience and time to develop a routine you are comfortable with. I have found the most wonderful hot stones you can imagine. Although you cannot leave them laying on your client's body, (you must keep them moving at all times), they are self heating to a good therapeutic temperature, rechargable, no water mess to deal with, hot on one side yet cool where you handle them. They are like glazed stoneware rocks. In my opinion, these are the massage therapy product of the century and the guys who invented them deserve some kind of award! And no, I do not know them, am not associated with it, have not been asked to promote them in any way, I am just in awe of what a perfect massage tool they are. In my decade-long quest for sustainable heat that lasts at least an hour (these last up to 2 hours) I have used all manner of heating pads, deer corn filled socks, gel pads, and an outrageously overpriced set of electricly heated ceramic discs which were difficult to keep clean of oils, and the electric cords kept getting twisted and broken, just to name a few. These wonderful stones are called Sassi Stones, and if you get them, you will love them. They come as a pair, 2 stones, 2 batteries, and 2 chargers. It takes 4 hours to recharge the battery, so I got 4 extra batteries and I can use them all day long with no trouble getting the heat I want. You can take a look at them at www.sassistones.com . I've been using mine every day for about a month and they never disappoint. When I called to order the extra batteries I asked if they would be at the WMF in 2012, and they said they would come. I will be so happy to shake the hand of the guys who came up with such an innovative product!

So, anyway, I think they have a routine for a timed, full body massage, and it would be easy to do using the pair of stones.  Hope this helps!

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Campbell on December 8, 2011 at 11:14am

TIR Massage Stone is a great website.  They have really good products and occasionally sell on ebay too!

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