Pregnancy Massage Training
469 Tai Tapu Rd, Tai Tapu, Selwyn
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Learn techniques to address the broad range of physical/emotional changes that occur in the childbearing year. Specific techniques for common complaints, enhanced body awareness to prepare for birth and support a balanced passageway for the baby’s birth. Gain a new understanding and confidence to work with this special population.
Massage therapists (level 5 minimum) attending should be competent in their knowledge of anatomy and physiology, massage strokes and basic draping.
Topics include:
• Uniqueness of pregnancy in a woman's life
• Anatomy / physiology and biomechanics of pregnancy
• Complications /cautions/ contraindications during pregnancy
• Common issues in pregnancy
• Gentle effective movement and breathing practices to address musculo-skeletal concerns
• Stress during pregnancy / why massage ...
• Guidelines for pregnancy massage for each trimester
• Client interview, case history and assessment
• Positioning, draping and practical methodology for each trimester
• Pregnancy massage techniques with over 50 techniques
• Self care techniques for clients
• Massage on pregnant volunteers
The subject matter in this course will discuss fertility issues and miscarriage, birth trauma, the birthing process, postnatal recovery, pelvic floor dysfunction. Please be aware that these subjects can be a trigger for some.
Marina locke has traveled to teach in canada, netherlands, australia, and new zealand. She is a canadian trained massage therapist, doula (not currently practicing) and yoga teacher. She has studied birth with many including ina may gaskin on the farm and with gloria lemay’s wise woman way of birth. She has specialised in pregnancy massage since 1994 when she opened a clinic within a hospital’s maternity floor that offered pre/postnatal massage, birth support/doula, and infant massage. She became a pregnancy yoga teacher in 1998.
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