Specialised techniques will encourage you to relax and could ease the uncomfortable symptoms that you may be experiencing at this time including morning sickness, heartburn, insomnia and back pain. Regular treatments may also help alleviate troublesome conditions of pregnancy including Hyperemesis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Pelvic Girdle Pain (also known as Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction or SPD).
If your due date has come and gone, Maternity Reflexology may be able to help. Treatments are very effective at promoting deep relaxation and I am able to use specialised techniques which may encourage the onset of labour.
Maternity Reflexology is a specialised therapy and I would advise any mum-to-be to only have treatments with a Reflexologist who is qualified in this area.
It is important that a midwife's permission is obtained before Reflexology treatments can commence.
Maternity Reflexology can also be used during labour, specialised labour Reflexology techniques may help regulate and lesson the intensity of contractions, provide natural pain relief, relax and calm body and mind.
Birthing partners can also be shown simple techniques that enable them to become an integral part of the whole experience.
Post-Natal Reflexology
After you have had your baby, Reflexology is a very gentle and natural way to help you recover from the extraordinary changes that your body has been through over the last nine months. Treatments will give you a much needed opportunity to relax and may:
- alleviate anxiety and the "baby blues"
- aid recovery following a Caesarean section
- assist recovery following an epidural
- ease breastfeeding discomfort and encourage lactation
- ease digestive problems
- reduce the pain and discomfort of haemorrhoids
encourage your menstrual cycle to return to normal
Remember Reflexology is suitable for all ages, as it is so gentle, therefore I can treat your baby. Reflexology may help with feeding problems or teething. Parents are with their baby throughout the treatment.
If you would like to make an appointment or if you require further infomation please call me, Christine Blandford :07967 277762 or email blandfordrj@blueyonder.co.uk