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Benefits of Massage During Pregnancy:
A woman’s body undergoes many changes during pregnancy leading to stress and discomfort. Massage is a perfect way of reducing stress and promoting general well-being of the pregnant woman.
The benefits of massage include:
- provides relaxation
- helps relieve depression and anxiety caused by hormonal changes
- helps in reducing stress
- helps in reducing fatigue and makes the mother feel more energetic
- releases endorphins
- eliminates waste products through the lymphatic and circulatory systems
- helps muscle tone
- promotes muscle elasticity by removing all kinds of muscular discomforts, such as cramping, tightening, stiffness, and knots
- minimizes spider veins
- reduces stress on weight-bearing joints
- helps alleviate morning sickness
- gives relief from muscle cramps, spasms, and pain, especially in the lower back, neck, hips, and legs.
- helps in proper blood and lymph circulation, which can reduce swelling
- Eases the load on heart and helps to keep the blood pressure in check
- Eases labor pain
- Helps maximize breathing capacity, which is very important during labor and delivery
- relieves many discomforts during pregnancy, such as backaches, leg cramps, headaches, stiff neck, swollen ankles and feet
- helps to soothe and relax nervous tension that a pregnant woman experiences, and helps her sleep more easily and deeply
- the caring touch provides emotional and physical support for the pregnant woman
- provides assistance in maintaining proper posture
- relief from headache and sinus congestion
Massage during pregnancy is usually safe, but there are certain circumstances in which massage should be totally avoided. Some of them are:
- if there is any kind of heavy discharge (watery or bloody)
- if the pregnant woman has diabetes
- if there is any cardiac disorder or heart disease
- if the woman has ashthma
- if there is any contagious illness
- if there was any problem in previous pregnancy like a miscarriage
- if the woman is suffering from fever, vomiting or severe morning sickness
- if the woman is experiencing unusual pain
- if she has high blood pressure
- if there is abdominal pain
- if the woman has diarrhea
- if she has severe anemia
- if she has any kind of lung or liver disorder
- if the pregnant woman is addicted to drugs or uses drugs in any form
- if there is abnormal Fetal Heartbeat
- Decrease or absence of fetal movement
- or any other malignant condition
Areas of the body that should not be massaged include:
- any kind of skin rashes, open sores or bruises
- any kind of inflammation or infection
- raised or distended varicose veins
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