Massage Therapy During Pregnancy and After Giving Birth
Physiomobility offers Prenatal Massage in Don Mills / Toronto—a gentle, specialized massage therapy experience tailored to the unique needs of expectant mothers. Physiomboility’s certified Registered Massage Therapists use safe, pregnancy-appropriate techniques and positioning to relieve discomforts such as low back pain, hip tension, leg swelling, and muscle stiffness, while promoting relaxation, improved circulation, and overall well-being during pregnancy. Our pregnancy massage therapy services is integrated within our broader pelvic health and prenatal care offerings, ensuring coordinated support for expectant mothers throughout pregnancy and into the postpartum period.
Typically, the session is an hour long and can always be modified to meet any special requirements. Our private room is conducive to providing a relaxing experience for you. For added comfort, A pregnancy pillow will be used for an expectant mother and aims to address the specific needs of an expecting mother (prenatal) or a mother who has recently given birth (postpartum).
What is A Prenatal Massage?
Expecting or new mothers commonly suffer from back pain, swelling of legs, leg cramps, and foot pain. Like a regular massage, pregnancy or postnatal massage is to relax tense muscles, decrease pain, improve blood flow, decrease edema and swelling of legs, and improve flexibility and joint mobility.
Prenatal massage is specifically tailored to the needs of pregnant women and their changing bodies. Because most pregnant women find it uncomfortable to lie face down, knowledge and care are required to make sure the patient is comfortable.
Physiomobility Don Mills’ registered massage therapists are trained in prenatal and postpartum massage and have a good understanding of how to safely position an expecting mother on the treatment table using supporting pillows or a pregnancy massage pillow and use appropriate massage techniques.
What Are the Benefits Of Prenatal Massage?
- Reduced pain & discomfort caused by changes happening in your body
- Reducing the chance or severity of spinal imbalances and pelvic mobility
- Improve or maintain proper posture
- Relaxation and decreased anxiety
- Reducing edema in legs and overall swelling
- Reduce calf cramps
- Manage headaches
- Improve sleep quality
You are not the only beneficiary of pre-natal massage. There are many benefits to your unborn baby. Prenatal massage facilitates a calmness and relaxation, and can increase general blood flow to your baby.
What Is Postpartum Or Postnatal Massage?
A postpartum massage has many benefits such as helping the new mother to manage common complaints associated with pregnancy & giving birth such as back pain, leg pain, swelling and leg edema as well as helping to cope with discomfort and improve sleep and mood.
During pregnancy and immediately after giving birth, the center of gravity changes and this puts a great deal of stress on lower and upper back, abdominal and pelvic muscles. The weight gain as well as hormonal changes causing relax ligaments make pelvic joints less stable and causes lower back pain. Massage therapy can happen as soon as 24 hours after giving birth.
During the postpartum massage a gentle treatment is provided; however, pressure and positioning can be adapted to each individual patient.
What Are The Benefits Of Postpartum Massage?
You can book your postpartum massage as soon as 24 hours after giving birth. Postpartum massage has benefits:
- Assist in reducing lactic acid build up within the tissues from labour
- Abdominal massage to reduce internal pressure and increase uterine healing (Not applicable after Caesarian Section)
- Reduce stress hormones
- Reduce stress and support healthy emotional state
How Often Can I Have Postpartum Massage?
Depending on each mother’s general health and needs, postpartum massage treatments can continue every week for 2-4 weeks. If you are not sure about the suitablility of prenatal or postpartum massage therapy for yourself and your baby, book a consultation with any of Physiomobility’s pre and postnatal trained registered massage therapists.
How Much Does Prenatal & Postpartum Massage Cost?
For a detailed cost of Physiomobility’s massage therapy and related services, visit our Fee Schedule page.
Is Prenatal & Postpartum Massage Covered by My Insurance?
Prenatal & postpartum massage provided by Physiomobility’s Registered Massage Therapists are covered by most extended health plans. All of our massage therapists are registered with the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario. We directly bill insurance providers plans for massage therapy services.
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