Some Tips In Getting The Best Out Of Prenatal Massage Session

By Betty Carter


Pregnancy is difficult for some women specially when their bodies are experiencing a lot of changes due to them carrying a child inside. This changes their center of gravity and stresses their shoulders, abdominal muscles, neck and back while it relaxes your ligaments making your pelvic joints less stable. Your posture is changed and might result into aching lower back.

They need ways for relieving their pains and discomforts felt during this period like leg cramps, swelling, stiff neck, backaches and headaches. You could visit the Long Island prenatal massage shops and get the relief and other benefits needed by you. Having them could lower risk of having preterm birth, reduce depression, improve your mood and lower stress level.

Speak to your doctor about this before getting a massage to know if having one is safe and if they say that it is safe then remember these tips in experiencing the best possible session with them. Make yourself comfortable through asking how many pillows they have for their clients there. The pillows help in making you comfortable when you lay down at their table.

Check their table because some therapists use tables with a hole cut in the middle, allowing your belly to hang through it. There are no studies with the safety of using them and this depends upon the client if they like it or not. If you do not prefer them then tell your therapist if they have normal ones and if they do not then leave.

Removing all your clothing is easier for your therapist to do their work and give you massage properly which includes your undergarments. But if doing this is uncomfortable for you then tell them and do not let them talk and convince you to remove them. You have the right to choose what you want and what makes you more comfortable.

Most women think that letting their therapist know about their physical condition is unnecessary but this is not true. You or your baby could get harmed if you would not share with them any medical issues you are experiencing. Sharing these medical issues is important even when you visit them only once to ensure your safety.

Massage therapists use oils and lotions but their smells can irritate a pregnant woman whose olfactory sense is enhanced during this time. If your senses are sensitive then bringing your own body oil is fine to let them use this instead of their own oils. But lotions have special formulation which makes them glide.

Ask ahead your therapist regarding the training they had and where they got it hen search online the organization to know its reputation. Determine if the institution has received accredited from related associations but additional training is not required in most states though. This makes it important for you to research more on them.

Make sure getting off an on their table is safe and you would not slip or fall off. If you have a high risk pregnancy then avoid getting this prenatal massage. Your experience will be relaxing when these things are followed.




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