Resa's Healing Hands

Another interesting fact I learned in massage school:

Vasodilation: Is a technique we're taught for our first years of massage when our hands are hurting bad. You take one bowl of ice water and one bowl of luke warm water.

Then dip your hands in the ice water for as long as your body will take it. Just when the moment happens where you can no longer stand it, place your hands in the luke warm water until it brings it back down to the temperature of the water.

What this does is....The ice pulls all the bad blood and inflammation from the area and the luke warm water brings good blood back to the area for healing.

You can essentially do this for any part of the body to aide its healing. It usually took about 2-3 dip sessions for pain to stop in my hands in my first year of massage. It was a wonderful technique to keep me pain free while I built up my stamina.

🧊 Cold water on the hands creates a strong temperature sensation that quickly draws the brain's attention toward the body
🧠 Temperature-sensitive nerves send signals to the brain, shifting attention away from racing thoughts and overwhelming emotions
✋ Focusing on the feeling of cold can work as a grounding technique, helping someone reconnect with the present moment
😮‍💨 Pairing a brief cold-water sensation with slow, steady breathing can encourage a calmer response during moments of anxiety
❤️ Grounding techniques can help interrupt escalating fear and make intense emotional sensations feel easier to manage

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