Are Pre and Post Natal Massages Good For the New Moms?

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Pregnancy is considered a wonderful blessing in the Philippines but it poses a lot of challenges to the body. One way to overcome these is to engage oneself in pre and post natal massages.

According to Bibiano Fajardo who is the president of the Association of Traditional Health Aid Givers, “Even when the Spanish have not yet discovered the Philippines, the country already has a lot of ‘hilot’ or traditional healers.” Fajardo then says that hilot therapy is a combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine. The traditional healers go around providing health services to their members of the community.

While the tradition of hilot still remains in the country even when hundreds of years have passed, the Philippines combined the old with the new and have transformed pre and post natal massages to adapt to modern times and the current needs of the pregnant Filipinas.

Pre Natal Massage

Your body will experience lots of tension and stress during pregnancy and a pre natal massage will help improve the blood circulation, metabolic rate, and immune system response of the body. The muscles will get the right amount of pressure to stimulate it to be stronger and more resilient to anxiety and strain.

Post Natal Massage

Delivering the baby is the most stressful time during the pregnancy and even the days and weeks after that can prove to be very challenging for the new mom too. A post natal massage is perfect to help the body relax and ease into the new responsibilities of being a mother, help recover from the long nine months, and encourage the body to achieve balance and better energy levels.

Things to Consider

Consult your doctor first before signing up for any massage session. This is to make sure that you have had a sound medical opinion on the pros and cons of massage on your body, most especially during the course of your pregnancy. There may be things that you should avoid doing or things that you should focus on if you are having specific problems with your body. Western medicine and eastern medicine can complement each other, so just get a doctor’s opinion before proceeding.

Make sure that the massage center and the massage therapists are licensed as well. This is not just a normal type of massage because a pregnant woman needs all the care and sensitivity of any therapist. It is important to know that the person who will provide you with massage services that are supposed to help you gain better health and well being knows what she is doing at all times.

Pregnancy is a great time for any woman and a massage can certainly help ease some pain and stress on the body. There are lots of research and conclusive evidence that show massage as a great way to improve how the body responds to different challenges brought about by different stressors. Try it and see for yourself how it can help you achieve better health and disposition for your body and your baby.

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