How do you keep your feet/ hands warms during a massage?

[+ 7829V]

I’m hoping someone here has tips for this. This time of the year, during massages, my feet and hands get really cold, not that I feel cold, but they’re cold to the touch. It gets uncomfortable, especially in winter, and I always worry it might be uncomfortable for the masseur as well during MT. 

I bought a heated mat for my feet, which helps a bit, but I’m still struggling with my hands. One masseur once put warm stones on my hands and that worked, but not everyone offers that. Also the mat for my feet helps when the masseur comes to me. Some masseurs have heated tables and that helps as well.

Has anyone figured out how to keep their hands and feet warm during a session? Any tricks, products, or routines that help? 

[Nightowl]

Socks and gloves?  I sometimes lie on my hands during a massage to keep them warm until an opportunity to play with the masseur comes up.  My feet don’t get cold so I can’t help you there.  I had an experience with one of my favorite masseurs a few months ago and his studio was so cold, we both were shivering.  While we waited for the room to warm, he took off his clothes and lay on top of me.  Can’t beat that.

[Rod Hagen]

I always had a Massage table heater from Earthlite.  It would get so warm that if I didn't' have my apartment heat on, because I hate heat, clients lying on it uncovered were always war (they also had help from me :-)  )  

Beware of blankets because, like hotels, while masseurs likely wash sheets b/w clients, blankets probably not.

So, see that he has a working table heater (the most expensive ones break often, they are made for shit) OR wear socks.  Your hands can stay warm b/w the Masseurs legs :-)

Edited November 20 by Rod Hagen

[ArmyHands]

Lucky for me... that my massage room its not large

I use a Heated Pad on the table..

Plus I heat up the Massage Gel to 80 Degree

The room is Heated up to 78 Degree ... I always keep the door closed to keep the heat in...

 

[+ Jamie21]

I have a heated table. I also cover the client with a warm towel at the start (it doesn’t stay on but it’s good at the start). I warm the oil too. If the client wants to keep their socks on that’s fine too, you can still do a decent foot massage through socks. I think it’s important for the room to be warm because we’ll both be naked. 
There’s some medical conditions that cause cold hand / feet (e.g. Reynaud’s) so get it checked out. 

[Whippoorwill]

I usually find the masseur’s hot cock in my hand does the trick. 

[+ FLOutdoors]

I have one masseur in NYC who places a small heater near my hands or feet. It works well and a small investment if you see any masseur or client regularly!

[FrancisCA]

The provider should keep the room or table to the appropriate tempurature and maybe ask to turn up the heat if possible 

[+ 7829V]

On 11/23/2025 at 1:49 AM, FLOutdoors said:

I have one masseur in NYC who places a small heater near my hands or feet. It works well and a small investment if you see any masseur or client regularly!

Yeah, I should buy one. Most of the time I host, so I could buy a small one. I usually have the heater (central air) around 74 or 76 when I have a session, maybe I could increase that to 82 or something like that. 

[+ 7829V]

On 11/22/2025 at 10:22 PM, Whippoorwill said:

I usually find the masseur’s hot cock in my hand does the trick. 

I always feel a little bad when mutual touch happens and my hands are cold. It probably kills the mood for a second, I’m sure.

[+ 7829V]

On 11/19/2025 at 2:56 PM, ArmyHands said:

Lucky for me... that my massage room its not large

I use a Heated Pad on the table..

Plus I heat up the Massage Gel to 80 Degree

The room is Heated up to 78 Degree ... I always keep the door closed to keep the heat in...

 

Yeah, I have a heated pad for the table... and an bought an extra small pad just for the feet.  I should increase the central heat to 80 or 82 I guess. 

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On 11/18/2025 at 1:38 PM, Nightowl said:

Socks and gloves?  I sometimes lie on my hands during a massage to keep them warm until an opportunity to play with the masseur comes up.  My feet don’t get cold so I can’t help you there.  I had an experience with one of my favorite masseurs a few months ago and his studio was so cold, we both were shivering.  While we waited for the room to warm, he took off his clothes and lay on top of me.  Can’t beat that.

I also have one of those hot-water bags you can fill up. I guess I could use that too to warm up my hands.

[Simon Suraci]

On 11/23/2025 at 9:19 AM, FrancisCA said:

The provider should keep the room or table to the appropriate tempurature and maybe ask to turn up the heat if possible 

This. I avoid all the gimmicks and extra equipment like heated pads, blankets, hot water bags, etc. The downsides of the heated table pads are they break, are difficult to clean, and are harder to navigate when trying to get up under the client’s body when I am introducing Lomi-Lomi style techniques into the flow of my massage.

I use a space heater to quickly raise the room temp when necessary. The best way, in my opinion, is not to fuss with the table surface, but to keep the room at an appropriate temperature range for most clients. That falls, in my opinion, within the 72-76F range. It could go higher for some, but I avoid going above 78F.

At 77F or higher, my coconut oil (melting point 78F) gets too goopy and runny to work with for my style of massage. It’s a mess and I end up using way too much product because it’s more difficult to control the amount I am applying with a simple quick swipe or dab. A solid state, but still workable oil is best for me to control exactly how much I am applying. Above 76 and I start getting too hot because I am moving around a lot and exerting quite a bit of energy. 78 or more and I start sweating more which is unpleasant for clients wanting to touch me. They like a sweaty man during sex, but don’t so much during body-to-body contact massage, nuru style work, frottage, etc., or even simple mutual touch.

Cooler than 72 or 70F and my oil is too solid to easily work with, not to mention cooler on the client’s skin, which is a less pleasant micro shock every time I freshly apply. It melts onto the skin in seconds, but still, not as good as melting onto the skin instantly in the 73-76F range. Cooler than 72 and many clients are likely to feel a slight chill, as they are completely nude the whole time and staying still.

I lean on the warmer side in the winter and for leaner and/or older clients because these are the most likely to want a warmer room. I lean on the cooler side in the summer, or for clients with a bigger build and/or younger, for the same reasons. Everyone is different though, and the rule of thumb doesn’t apply to everyone. I adjust for whatever the client requests if they are wanting something different. Seldom do I drape, but I did the other day with a sheet and blanket for an older, leaner client that was cold despite the room being a balmy 76. There are always exceptions and I work around it one way or another, even if that means a sweltering hot yoga like room. I sweat it out.

It’s a shame so few clients book a hot stone massage, but for those lucky ones that do, I front load the massage with hot stones. I use the stones to warm their hands and feet while I massage the rest of their body with the rest of the hot stones before continuing on to the regular massage portion of the session. I change the stones out frequently, every couple minutes or so to maintain a therapeutic temp. Lukewarm stones do as much good for the body as a tepid hot tub. By the way, my hot stone sessions are longer, so the stone time doesn’t take anything away from my regular massage routine. It’s on top of what I normally do, to prep the client’s muscles for some really good deep tissue work. Feels great too.

Working thoroughly on the extremities increases circulation and ameliorates the cool touch effect over the course of the massage. Whatever might feel initially shocking at the cooler extremities goes away over the course of the session.

A good, experienced therapist will have no problem working on a client with cooler extremities. This is nothing new for us, and doesn’t put us off in any way. I encourage clients to not worry about having cool hands or feet. It’s normal. The good guys will know how to handle it and touching us (for those that allow it) is perfectly fine. Just be gentle and respectful as any sensible, experienced, warm handed client would be anyhow.