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Massage Therapy Helps Before, After – and During?!? – Birth
We’ve written about the magic of massage therapy before, and how it helps mothers (and fathers) relieve tension, lower their blood pressure, and reduce their anxiety, both before birth and after. But a new study published in the May 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged health, hospital, Massage, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, muscle pain, newborn, pregnancy, pregnant, women
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Massage Therapy Good for New, Expecting Fathers, Too
This is somewhat of a follow up on last week’s entry about massage therapy and its benefits for pregnant women. As was reported in many news outlets across the country, around 10 percent of men experience serious depression either before … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, health, Massage, massage therapy, men, newborn, postpartum depression, pregnancy, prenatal
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Infants, Massage, and Touch
This blog has been used a lot over the past year and a half of its existence to trumpet the therapeutic benefits of massage. And while this is a good site to find yet another ailment that massage therapy can … Continue reading
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Tagged health, infant massage, Massage, massage therapy, newborn, responsiveness
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Think Baby, Think Massage
What images do see when you think of massage? Is it an athlete receiving a healing and performance-improving sports massage? Or is it a mom getting a well-deserved massage at a spa? There are many different images we associate with … Continue reading
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Tagged baby massage, health, Massage, newborn, pregnant, prenatal, women
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Hospitals Now Offering Therapeutic Massage to Pregnant Women and New Moms
Several Tennessee hospitals have begun offering therapeutic massage to women who are delivering babies within their network of facilities.
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Tagged Massage, neuromuscular, newborn, pregnant, prenatal, swelling, women
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