Pregnancy
Massage
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What does it treat?
Lumbar Pain: the pain most commonly associated with your
lower back. It is generally felt on or around your spinal column about
waist-level
Posterior-Pelvic Pain: quite common during pregnancy, this
pain radiates from the buttocks, on one or both sides, or in the back of your
thighs.
Difference from Normal Massage Therapy:
Massage during pregnancy differs from a regular massage in a couple of
ways. The biggest way it differs is that the person receiving the
massage is pregnant, and therefore knowledge of pregnancy and the
anatomy of a pregnant woman are very important.
This means that positioning during a massage is critical to the safety
and well-being of both the mother and the baby she is carrying. There
are also parts of the body that should not be massaged.
Benefits:
- Tranquil relaxation and reduces
stress.
- Relief from muscle cramps, spasms, and myofascial pain,
especially in the lower back, neck, hips, and legs.
- Increase in blood and
lymph circulation, which can reduce swelling.
- Reduces stress on
weight-bearing joints.
- Improves outcome of labor and eases labor pain.
- Enhances the
pliability of skin and underlying tissues.
- Provides support for the new
mother with physical and emotional strains of mothering.
Some techniques:
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Joint Mobilization
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Swedish Massage
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Trigger Point and Myofascial Release
- CranioSacral Therapy
2011 Kinetic Fascial Release
Updated 22 July 2011
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