What is a prenatal massage?
Pregnancy is a joyful journey with the anticipation of the arrival of your little ones. However, pregnancy can also cause anxiety and depression due to the fluctuations of hormones, back pain, legs cramp, and serious water retention.
Prenatal massage is system meant to take some strain off the joints and muscles, improve blood circulation and bring energy. Anyone who has ever had a massage would agree that the body and the mind often feel much better after the massage. According to studies, massage can reduce stress and increase blood flow which is very important during pregnancy. This can help keep the lymphatic system working well leading to good health. It’s also advisable to reconnect the body with the mind especially for the mothers who sometimes think that an alien has taken over their bodies. This massage is an effective therapeutic approach to ensure overall pregnancy wellness and reducing stress. Jari Massage provides trained and professional masseuses who know the proper positioning to prevent further strain and alleviating the pressure on customer’ body while applying the massage techniques. This helps to reduce existing and avoid potential discomfort of customers during pregnancy. |
When a woman is pregnant, regular prenatal massage may not only help her relax the body but is also essential in reducing insomnia, back pain, muscle cramp, and leg pain. In addition, it can reduce the swelling of the feet and the legs as long as the swelling is not a result of some infection. Normally, prenatal massage can relieve a mother of all the common pregnancy problems. This special massage may also reduce depression without the use of nay medication at all.
What are the benefits of prenatal massage?
- It enhances the circulation of blood – Prenatal massage improves blood circulation in the body that, therefore, provides more oxygen for the mother and the baby. This increased stimulation also help the lymphatic system especially when it’s getting rid of the toxins in the body.
- Increase the blood flow to the heart, placenta and the uterus – During pregnancy, the blood volume of mother may increase even up to 60% as compared to when the mother is not pregnant. As the mothers progresses further with the pregnancy, the uterus enlarges putting a lot of pressure on the pelvis. This might interfere with the normal flow of blood.
- Calms the nervous system – Through the stimulation of the nervous system prenatal massage can help calm both the mother and the baby such that they may not be able to feel anxious especially during pregnancy. This is enhanced through the release of hormone endorphins. When the mother is in a parasympathetic mode, she is able to sleep better since the digestion system is also enhanced. Moreover, they no longer release stress hormones making the immune system work at its peak. A peaceful and a calm mother means peaceful and calm baby.
- Alleviates stress- As the baby is getting bigger, he/she tends to exert a lot of stress on the hip area of the body, shoulders, legs, feet and chest. This is why this special massage is important to alleviate stress especially in these of the body so that the mother does not feel any body pain.
- Stabilizes the hormones- During pregnancy, there is an increase in hormone circulation. This can cause the mood of the mother to fluctuate. Massage is, therefore, important to stabilize the mood of the mother so as to bring back the hormones back to normal this is very good in reducing anxiety and stress.
- Improves good posture- As the baby grows within the body of the mother, the posture is normally affected a great deal. The extra weight brought about by the baby lead to too much tension on the weight of the mother. Through prenatal massage, the flexibility and muscle tone of the mother are greatly improved. This, therefore, gives them the energy to carry the load brought about by pregnancy.
- Relieve various discomfort such as stiff neck, backaches, headaches and leg cramps – Massage encourages the blood flow throughout the afflicted areas
- Relieve muscle tension and swelling of joints from extra weight carried – Massage improves the flow of the lymphatic fluid and oxygen which helps in eliminating the metabolic wastes and toxins.
- Relieve muscle tension and swelling of joints from extra weight carried – Massage improves the flow of the lymphatic fluid and oxygen which helps in eliminating the metabolic wastes and toxins.