Pregnancy Massage

Prenatal massage is a specialized treatment catering to pregnant women and is greatly beneficial when incorporated as part of prenatal wellness. The techniques and comfort measures are modified to ensure complete safety for the mom and her child. As the baby grows and develops the body undergoes great changes, and many women start feeling joint and muscular discomfort. Massage therapy helps decreas that discomfort and maintains joint and muscle tissue health. It also gives pregnant women a chance to relax at a time when sleep and compfrt may be hard to come by.

Massage during pregnancy may help with:

• Lowering anxiety
• Decreased back and leg pain
• Improved sleep quality
• Decreasing edema and blood pressure
• Stress relief on weight bearing joints, such as Ankles, lower back and pelvis
• Decreases in sciatic pain, or carpal tunnel pain

Postnatal massage focuses on rehabilitation of muscle and joint tissue that may have suffered injury during labor and delivery. It encourages the healing process and will help regain mobility and strength. The treatment can help with overworked muscles from feeding and carrying the baby, Specialized techniques may also help with tender and swollen breasts from breastfeeding.