What should I expect during a pregnancy massage and what are the benefits?
What better way to compliment traditional healthcare services during your pregnancy and help reduce overall stress on your body than a pregnancy massage. A pregnancy massage is therapeutic bodywork designed to alleviate stress, muscle soreness & tension and to improve overall health. Your massage will be done in a side-lying position supported by comfortable pillows and/or bolsters.
Massage for pregnant women offers a number of benefits including:
- Reduction in swelling of hands, feet and ankles
- Strengthens immune systems
- Increases oxygen and nutrients to both mother and baby
- Reduces insomnia and headaches
- Eases muscular discomforts in areas like lower back, neck and calf
- Helps relieve stress, anxiety and depression
- Stimulates the release of endorphins, the body’s natural pain killer