A paraffin treatment uses warm oil based wax to provide pain relief to hands feet and sore joints and muscles this treatment has skin softening benefits as well you can do a warm paraffin treatment at home with a small appliance and special paraffin designed for this purpose or you can have it done at a spa or salon benefits a paraffin treatment soothes chronic joint pain and relaxes stiff muscles and improves blood flow to the treated area as noted by therabath a manufacturer of par