THAI YOGA MASSAGE THERAPY IN PREGNANCY, LABOUR & POSTPARTUM
With so much information on do’s and don’ts, it becomes difficult to decide on which path to follow. You simply feel like throwing your hands up in the air and relax. You have to ensure at all times that your baby is relaxed too. There is no better way of doing this than receiving a massage. Pregnancy/Postpartum is the most precious time in a woman’s life and she not only requires, but also deserves a lot of pampering.
In Pregnancy women can experience nausea, morning sickness, heartburn, tiredness, stress and tired muscles, increased weight. The blood pressure fluctuates due to hormonal imbalance, and whether you like it or not, they have a huge impact on your emotional reactions which may sometimes feel like a roller-coaster ride!
When pregnant women come to see me as a therapist, I often find that yes, they may have aches that need soothing or sciatica that’s been set off, but it’s what’s going on in the mind that’s really troubling them. A calm mind is the key to a relaxed pregnancy and happy baby.
This is where Thai Yoga Massage becomes a powerful remedy working both the physical body where pain surfaces, and plays a vital role in the functioning of the nervous system. This results in improved sleep, appetite, memory and behaviour. It produces a ‘feel good factor’ and improves the overall development of the unborn child.
In a treatment, pressure is applied rhythmically in a rocking motion, stretches help to mobilise the joints creating space, muscles are softened, acupressure points applied and the body is encouraged to heal itself. All whilst you concentrate on deeper breathing, relaxing and releasing into the sensations – a great practice for the eventual birthing process. The tired muscles of the lower back, neck, shoulders and legs are taken special care of.
Thai Yoga Massage – it’s deep, powerful and when sensitively applied can be one of the most nurturing experiences you will have. As your body is moved around, the energy within it moves around too. An increase in circulation, blood flow and oxygen uptake, allows feel-good endorphins to be released. As the months progress, you’re likely to feel squashed and compressed from all angles, and it is here where massage excels, by encouraging much needed spaciousness and softness back into your body.
It also helps that this massage is a fully clothed therapy. Pregnancy drastically changes our bodies and women often feel vulnerable about the way they look and how their body changes shape. The treatment is done on the floor on a futon rather than a massage table or couch, this allows you to feel grounded (connected to the earth). Treatments are given in a comfortable position with the support of bolsters and cushions for baby and mother to be.
Thai Yoga Massage in the early days of Postpartum can help improve posture, reduces lower back pain, eases your stress and reduces neck pain, that comes from holding a tiny human still long enough to nurse them day after day.
The aim is to help new mothers recover from the pain and structural changes a woman’s body endures from carrying and birthing a baby. This includes relieving muscle strain, restoring muscle tone, and rebalancing pelvic and spinal alignment. The therapy is also deeply relaxing helping to relieve the stress and counter the exhaustion due to new-born care.
This treatment is great to aid the release of oxytocin (a hormone that helps with baby-bonding and nursing) and speeds up the removal of excess fluid by shifting the movement of lymph from the extremities and forcing it back into the veins and lymph vessels, where it can be disposed of naturally.
Thai Postnatal Massage, is a specialized series of massage techniques including variations of herbal compresses and applying heat to the belly to ease various post-birth issues, like swelling.
For those who experienced normal labour, the therapy can be done one week after childbirth, but for those who have had a Caesarean Section, it should be done after the incision has fully healed, about 4 to 6 weeks after delivery.
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