Jennifer Vandevis, RMT.....



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Jennifer Vandevis, RMT

Phone: 905-251-9232

2520 9th line

Bradford, Ontario

L3Z 2A5

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REFERENCES

BASKWILL, A., & DRYDEN, T. (2006).

The State of the Evidence: A Review of the Literature for the Use of Massage Therapy during Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery and Infancy.

College of Massage Therapists of

Ontario. (2006). Technique Standard 15 – Breast Massage. Standards of Practice.

Field, T. (2010). Pregnancy &

Labour Massage. National Institute of Health.5(2): 177-181.

Kalichman, L. (2008). Perineal

Massage to prevent perineal trauma in childbirth. IMJA. 10:

531-533.

Rattray, F. & Ludwig, L. (2000).

Clinical Massage Therapy. Elora, Ontario.

[Developed on Sept. 5, 2013]

PREGNANCY

Pregnancy is a very exciting time for most women! While it is a new adventure with many exhilarating moments, there are often many unexpected or different types of pain or symptoms that you can experience.

Massage therapy treatments have been shown to help pregnant women in a number of different ways:

• Decreased feelings of depression

• Decreased anxiety & stress

• Decreased leg & back pain

• Decrease swelling/edema

• Increase venous return (particularly important with women who cannot move around as much or have varicose veins)

• Decrease postural stress

• Breast tenderness

• Relief of constipation or abdominal tension

• Treatment of compression syndromes that create nerve pain (ie: carpal tunnel, sciatica/piriformis syndrome)

• Improve neonatal health & development resulting in lower incidences of premature and low birth weight infants

(Rattray & Ludwig, 2000) (Baskwill & Dryden, 2006) (Field, 2010)

Perineal Pain

Perineal trauma occurs in approximately 85% of women who deliver vaginally. This might occur from natural tearing, surgical incision or episiotomy. Regardless of the type of laceration, it leaves women with perineal pain for anywhere from a few days to weeks on end.

Perineal trauma includes painful intercourse, weakened pelvic floor muscles causing urinary and fecal incontinence, and persistent perineal pain.

Perineal massage can help during pregnancy as well as the first few stages in labour, to decrease the amount of pain you feel postpartum. This type of massage is something that you may want to do yourself or by your partner. It is not within a Registered Massage Therapist’s scope of practice because of the area. However, we can educate you on how to do so at home.

(Kalichman, 2008)

Breast Pain

Breast pain is also another common symptom in pregnant women.

Changes in your breasts tend to begin in the first trimester; becoming more full and sometimes more tender.

A breast massage can help to decrease the discomfort felt, or any swelling or congestion that may be occurring as well. Later on when you’re in the postpartum stage, it can also help with discomforts of lactation and help with milk flow in blocked ducts. Breast massage can be done by a Registered Massage Therapist, but can also be taught as a form of self massage as well.

(CMTO, 2006)

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Labour

Massage can also be given during labour. Massage during labour has been proven to help reduce the stress and pain felt, while also lowering the levels of postpartum depression following the delivery.

Women who receive massage during labour will also benefit from being less sensitive to touch after delivery, and studies have even shown that labour has decreased by three hours in many circumstances.

By including their partner in some of this process, women have also shown an increase in satisfaction of their experience during labour.

After the birth of the child, postpartum abdominal massage every four hours can also assist to reduce the size of the uterus back to its pre-pregnancy state. (Rattray & Ludwig, 2000)

(Baskwill & Dryden, 2006)

(Field, 2010)

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Jennifer Vandevis, RMT

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