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Pregnancy
Massage:
For Your Health and Your Baby’s
Pregnancy
is a time of change. Your entire body adapts to the new
life growing inside of you . It also places strong demands
on your body.
Massage
is a wonderful way to relax, increase your energy , and
relieve discomfort during your pregnancy Massage not only
alleviates the aches and pain caused by the extreme weight
and shift in the centre of gravity to the body, but it
reduces swelling, soothes the nervous system, increases
circulation, boosts energy, and lessens fatigue feel listless.
Your
Comfort During a Massage
Pregnancy
massage is specifically designed for the pregnant woman
to assist in the continuing changes in her body.You will
be comfortably supported with pillows or cushions during
your massage, and may even find yourself lying face down
for the first time for a while. In later pregnancy, you
can gat a complete massage comfortably supported in a
side-lying position..
Postpartum
Massage
In
the postpartum period, nature sets about undoing in eight
weeks what it took nine months to create. Though it may
be difficult, it is as important to care for yourself
now as during your pregnancy.
Postpartum
massage can help you handle the physical demands of caring
for a newborn by reducing tension and increasing energy.
It can speed healing of hemorrhoids or an episiotomy by
increasing circulation. Psychological massage can nurture
and comfort you whether or not you are experiencing postpartum
depression
Benefits
of Pregnancy Massage
- Provides
relaxation
- Eases
constipation and heartburn
- Relieves
sciatica
- Relieves
stress on weight bearing joints
- Reduces
edema
- Alleviates
carpal tunnel syndrome
- Relieves
abdominal soreness caused by baby’s kicks
- Slows
the progress of varicose veins as enhanced circulation
lowers pressure on bulging veins
- Relieves
headaches caused by tension, constipation, or
the build-up of metabolic waste products
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