Prenatal Massage (1 hour: $115; 90 mins: $165)
Prenatal means “before birth”. Prenatal massage is a particular type of massage therapy given to a woman during her pregnancy. Like a regular massage, prenatal massage offers many health benefits including physical, emotional, and mental health benefits. Prenatal massage helps reduce muscle tension, relieve muscle spasms, cramps and fibrosis, reduce pain and swelling, relieve stress, elevate mood, improve sleep quality, increase blood and lymph circulation, normalizing blood pressure, speed up the elimination of toxins from the body, minimize edema, and stimulate peristalsis, ease varicose veins, relieve the common discomforts of pregnancy, encourage deeper and easier breathing, promote relaxation and helps prepare the physically, emotionally and mentally for labor.
General Massage Contraindications
- Inflamed skin
- Sensitive skin
- Burns (sunburn, chemical burns)
- Open wounds or rashes
- Blood clots, thrombus, embolus, thrombolysis, thrombosis
- Recent injury in the area
- Recent facial injections within the last two weeks
- Recent surgery in area within the last two months
(Reference Source: Advanced Massage, Advanced Esthetics by Milady)
Prenatal Massage Contraindications
- Bleeding or staining
- Premature labor; (labor between 20 to 30 weeks is considered preterm labor.)
- Pitting edema, which could be symptomatic of more serious conditions such as preeclampsia (toxemia) or eclampsia
- A spike in blood pressure or a hypertensive condition
- Placenta previa
- Abruptio placentae
- Fetal movement not felt for 8-10 hours
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Severe abdominal pain
- Throbbing or migraine headaches
(Reference Source: Prenatal Massage by Elaine Stillerman)