Gilda Pratt

Pregnancy Massage

Who needs a massage more than an expectant mother?  Maybe her significant other... at least they think so.

Being a mother myself, and a woman who grew up with a large extended family, I have first-hand knowledge of the stresses, both mental and physical, that pregnancy holds.

With the training I received under Kate Jordan of La Jolla's Clinic of Integrative Medicine you can be confident I will provide you with knowledge of:

• Therapy protocols for the three trimesters
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology of pregnancy
• Posture correction
• Pregnancy exercises
• Psycho-social issues in pregnancy
• High-risk pregnancy guidelines
• Labor massage and support training
• Postpartum therapy including Cesarean recovery

Effects of Pregnancy Massage

• Lowers Blood Pressure, Norepinephrine production, and Cortisol production
• Activates the Parasympathetic response, and increases systemic and local blood circulation
• Provides emotional support to assist in minimizing mood swings
• Creates a nurturing space to enable you   to translate feelings of physical and emotional well-being to your unborn child
• Relieves muscle spasms, cramps and myofascial pain
• Develops the sensory awareness necessary to relax during first stage labor and to recruit appropriate muscles during second stage labor (pushing)
• Improves labor outcomes