Reducing Discomfort

Together we focus on your special needs as your body goes through the dramatic changes of pregnancy using pregnancy-specific Arvigo® Therapy techniques and a bolstering system to support your comfort on the massage table. After your baby’s birth, Arvigo® Therapy and PeriSteam Hydrotherapy together help speed postpartum recovery. Custom-blended dōTERRA® Aromatherapy is used to deepen the healing effects of your session. 

 

The gentle, noninvasive approach to pre- & perinatal massage provides many benefits to both mother-to-be and baby including:

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In General

• Reduces stress, mental and physical fatigue,

• Promotes relaxation, self-awareness, and optimism,

• Provides emotional support and nurturance,

• Encourages and sustains deep breathing,

• Improves digestion,

• Increases chance for positive birth experiences.

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Prenatal Benefits

• Normalizes pelvic alignment,

• Reduces edema, varicose veins, and blood pressure, 

• Relieves musculoskeletal strain and pain, including carpal tunnel syndrome, hip and low back pain, neck/upper back and shoulder pain, sacral and pelvic pain, sciatica and similar sensations, abdominal pain, cramping and "restless legs,"

• Strengthens uterine ligaments and keeps uterus well-positioned, providing optimal position for baby,

• Increases uterine blood supply to enhance fetal health and development,

• May reduce labor time, complications, medications and interventions. 

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Benefits to Postpartum Recovery

• Facilitates emotional, physiological, and family adjustment,

• Promotes healing from labor and recovery from cesarean birth, including healing of the incision and the emotions associated with surgical birth and birth trauma,

• Helps heal diastasic recti,

• Improves the potential for a successful VBAC,

• Encourages pelvic floor and abdominal healing, involution and ligaments to return to an optimal position,

• Supports satisfying breastfeeding,

• Reduces residual pelvic and back pain,

• Helps to prevent strain and pain from childcare activities.