Are you Expecting?
Help your body feel more at ease with a pregnancy massage from one of our highly skilled, licensed massage therapists.
A pre-natal (pregnancy) massage is
evidence-based massage therapy
to improve the health of an expecting mother
and her newborn baby.
“Prenatal massage therapy can help reduce anxiety, decrease symptoms of depression, relieve muscle aches and joint pains, and improve labor outcomes and newborn health.”
Evidence-Based Pregnancy Massages
“Massage has many scientifically proven health benefits such as stimulating the blood and lymph systems, thereby increasing immunity and removal of toxins; stabilizing hormonal levels; and adding tone and flexibility to muscles — all of which enhance the health of both you and your baby.
As pregnancy progresses, your body adjusts to a changing alignment caused by the baby’s increasing weight. This puts strain on your back and legs and increases stress on weight-bearing joints. Massage increases flexibility, enhancing the ability to carry this extra weight while also relieving aches and pains, leg cramps and muscle spasms. The effects of relaxation and tension release add to improvement in the physical state of muscles and joints, and assist in balancing emotions.
Recent studies from the Touch Research Institute (TRI) in Miami, Fla., indicates that pregnancy massage provides more than just symptom relief for the mother… In addition to experiencing a reduction in symptoms of anxiety, stress, sleep problems and back pain, the massage group had fewer complications in their delivery. Their newborns also had fewer postnatal complications.
Another TRI study reported massage during labor resulted in shorter labor times for the mothers, shorter hospital stays and less postpartum depression.” - Source
How will I lie on the table?
You have a few options.
You can choose a traditional curved, side-pillow. This can be used in a variety of ways for comfort.
You will love how you feel, resting face-down, supported by our specialized pregnancy bolster.
Bring in your own pillows!