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Massage is One of the Best Things You Can Do For You and Your Baby!

A Special Time for You

Pregnancy is a beautiful period of heightened expectation and joy! Pregnancy is also a time when expectant moms experience unique physical and emotional changes that occur as a result of increased weight, changing posture and adjusting hormone levels. As a result of these changes, discomforts including muscular tension, headaches, backaches, neck and shoulder aches may arise.

For a Healthy Mind & Body
When you are pregnant, nothing feels better than massage! Prenatal massage is a natural touch therapy that reduces muscular discomfort and has been proven to reduce stress hormone levels. Prenatal Massage provides important benefits to you and your baby.

The Benefits of Prenatal Massage Include:

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Reduce Stress & Anxiety
Relieves Aches and Pains in the Low Back, Neck, Shoulders, Hips & Legs.
Relieves Muscle Tension and Headaches
Reduces Swelling and Edema
Improves Oxygenation to Skin, Muscles & Soft Tissues of The Body
Enhances the Pliability of Skin and Underlying Tissues
Encourages Better Sleep
Improves Outcome of Labor and Eases Labor Pain

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by the American Pregnancy Massage Association

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Safe to Receive Massage During Pregnancy?

Massage is not only safe, Prenatal Massage offers significant health benefits to both mother and child and is an important source of comfort and renewal. In most cases, massage can be experienced throughout the entire nine-month pregnancy term, including the first trimester.

If health related complictions do exist, we will ask for a written okay from your physician or midwife and, in most cases, the massage routine is simply modified to address the issue. Occasionaly, complications of pregnancy do contraindicate massage. If you are experiencing complications during pregnancy, discuss your condition with your doctor or midwife first.

If your condition is such that you cannot receive massage during pregnancy, you can still experience many of the same benefits with Energy Bodywork! There are no contraindications for energetic bodywork therapies. Click here to read more about Energy Bodywork.

Recent Research on Prenatal Massage

Recent research studies indicate that massage therapy performed during pregnancy can:

Reduce Anxiety
Decrease Symptoms of Depression
Relieve Muscle Aches and Joint Pains improve Labor Outcomes and Newborn Health

Hormone Regulation

 Recent studies have shown that hormone levels associated with relaxation and stress are significantly altered, leading to mood regulation and improved cardiovascular health, when massage therapy was introduced to women’s prenatal care. Hormones such as norepinephrine and cortisol (“stress hormones”) were reduced and dopamine and serotonin levels (low levels of these hormones are associated with depression) were increased in women who received bi-weekly massages for only five weeks.

These changes in hormone levels also led to fewer complications during birth and fewer instances of newborn complications, such as low birth weight. The evidence points strongly to maternal and newborn health benefits when relaxing, therapeutic massage is incorporated into regular prenatal care. 

Reduction of Swelling 

Edema, or swelling of the joints during pregnancy, is often caused by reduced circulation and increased pressure on the major blood vessels by the heavy uterus. Massage helps to stimulate soft tissues to reduce collection of fluids in swollen joints, which also improves the removal of tissue waste, carried by the body’s lymph system.  

Improvement of Nerve Pain 

Sciatic nerve pain is experienced by many women in late pregnancy as the uterus rests on muscles of the pelvic floor and lower back. The pressure of the uterus spreads tension to the muscles of the upper and lower leg, causing them to swell and put pressure on nearby nerves.

Massage therapy addresses the inflamed nerves by helping to release the tension on nearby muscles. Many women have experienced significant reduction in sciatic nerve pain during pregnancy through regular massage. 

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Postnatal Massage

Nurturing the Mind, Body & Spirit
of the New Mom

The stress from childbirth and time spent caring for your newborn may be hard on your body. Postnatal massage gives you nurturing and emotional support to help you gain back your lost energy and also helps the body return to its condition before pregnancy.

Postnatal massage can help you to feel like yourself again in a short time. Not only will your muscular aches and pains disappear more quickly, your calm mental state is also be restored.

Benefits of Postnatal Massage

Provides deep relaxation. Being a new mom can be exhausting!
Relieves shoulders and neck pain from carrying and breastfeeding a baby
Helps restore the uterus to its original state
Helps to eliminate excess body fluids and reduces fluid retention
Helps you feel good about yourself. When you feel good about yourself, it is easier to meet the needs of your newborn

Prenatal Massage Package Only $540.00!

If you are about to be a mommy you'll be so happy you have this package! Use your sessions before or after birth or for labor/delivery support with prior arrangement!