Talk:Stone massage
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A stone massage may be cold or hot, although hot stone massage is the norm. Please differentiate the two in this article. Also, this article does quite a bit of referencing to the reader by use of "you" or "your." Lastly, the last sentence remarking on a two-hour introductory video being insufficient, while mostly true, is still opinion and should be reworded or eliminated.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.246.61 (talk • contribs) 06:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
About.com article[edit]
I have located an article on About.com by one Cathy Wong, who is apparently a licensed naturopathic doctor, which would make her an expert in the field of stone massage, which falls under naturopathic therapy.
I am aware that About.com does not have rigorous accuracy standards, but considering she is a graduate of two colleges, has multiple diplomas, and has recognition in many medical journals, I believe this qualifies her as 'reliable.'
Until someone challenges it, I'm going to use the content in the article to supplement or replace the information here, obviously with the appropriate revisions to bring it up to standards. Annihilan 22:01, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
- It's probably good enough for a basic description, until we find something better. It is not a reliable source for any scientific or medical details. --Ronz (talk) 16:44, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Stones temperature[edit]
30 to 35 Celsius is not 122 to 127 Fahrenheit. One of these is wrong. 81.0.205.166 (talk) 17:31, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Science and history[edit]
There should be some reference to the history of this practice, and to whether it has any beneficial effects at all.Royalcourtier (talk) 06:24, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, it should be added to Category:Pseudoscience if it has no benefit. 86.155.78.132 (talk) 23:09, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
Reflexology paths[edit]
It's obviously different from the main topic for the article now but, if there's no other home on Wikipedia to provide a dab headnote for, it would be useful for a section to be created here about the reflexology paths across East Asia where the elderly go barefoot and walk along a trail of raised stones for supposed health benefits. — LlywelynII 22:49, 29 June 2023 (UTC)