Pregnancy — the special period, and the female body bearing the child demands the special address and leaving. Changes which in it happen change not only a hormonal background of an organism, but also a blood-groove, and the centers of gravity. Shift of vertebras, a tension of muscles and compression of internals brought pleasures to nobody yet as pregnancy is an enormous stress for an organism. There are certain techniques which help to facilitate a condition of future mother, to relax an intense body and for a while to bring it into balance. One of the safest and reliable techniques of treatment and stimulation is a massage. Let's learn with you in more detail what massage affects health of pregnant women best of all how often it can be seen off and what therapy for what trimester is shown.
First, we most often trust performing usual medical massage to unfamiliar experts, even without knowing what massage can be done — the massage therapist solves everything. To feel on itself the professional's hands — normal practice for therapeutic work with muscles. For pregnant women the touch of others hands can be not just unpleasant, but even repellent, so, they should penetrate into subtleties of massage or to ask the spouse or other dear people about the help.
Important! Mechanical impact on the woman's body on stages of incubation can become the reason of termination of pregnancy or its complications. Not to do much harm, it is necessary to carry out therapy very carefully is just that case when it is better to leave unfinished, than to overdo.
Secondly, during the procedures with the pregnant woman it is necessary to observe special precautions — to avoid area of a stomach, to know points which cannot be stimulated at all and to be moderate in use of essential oils. One more feature — the massing movements have to be very easy and gentle not to cause even small discomfort because everything that is felt by mother, will feel a fruit. Position of future mother has to be the most convenient — on all fours, on one side or sitting.
Many women are afraid to do much harm any manipulations, but pregnant women can do massage and it is even necessary though many women doubt, to do it or not. It relaxes different groups of muscles, especially competently made, and removes stress from a spine column. It, by the way, too cannot be massed.
For expression of love, achievement of harmony in the relations, strengthenings of spiritual contact between beloved the special type of massage — Tantric, in particular, massage of the yoni (women's) and a lingama practices (men's).
In the first trimester it is better not to go for similar treatment at all. Any stimulation, even a little wrong, can break the course of pregnancy and even to interrupt it. There are special aborting points which for some reason badly affect safety of a fruit. It the bases of thumbs on both hands, Achilles tendons on the lower extremities, heels, a tailbone. It is forbidden to stimulate a sacrum too. If you do not trust none of therapists, in the first trimester avoid even self-massage. Easy strokings of intense zones and massage by water squirts in soul are permissible.
Since ninth week the relation to massage sharply changes — it is shown to all future mummies who feel tension or waist pains at pregnancy. Future mother can study technology of relaxation itself, can strain this task of the spouse. The main thing that hands carrying out therapy were careful and loving, the equipment — business acquirable. The closer to the third trimester, the more often it is necessary to ask for the help the expert.
Whether you know? For pregnant women knew about advantage of massage at the time of Ancient China. From a dynasty passed custom to a dynasty to keep at court separate group of doctors who were responsible for health of pregnant women and practiced on them massage, along with therapy by natural means and acupuncture.
In the last trimester the massage can have the stimulating effect on a fruit and provoke premature birth therefore with self-massage and house procedures it is necessary to finish. The physical therapy during this period is shown only professional, and it can be carried out as in a hospital, and at home. The house call of the therapist is more expensive.
One one or one and a half weeks prior to estimated date of childbirth the nature of massage changes. It becomes more active to prepare a female body and a fruit for childbirth and postnatal restoration.
First of all massage is responsible for relaxation. It warms and stretches muscles, puts into place the joints and vertebras loaded with excess weight and psychologically calms morally unstable woman. The main thing is to unload, and such physical therapy perfectly copes with a task. During the procedures not only the motive device, but also a blood system returns to normal, and it well affects oxygen supply of a fruit.
Moderate occupations yoga will help future mother easier to transfer pregnancy and to prepare an organism for childbirth.
If to carry out the correct therapy three-four times a week, the woman will cease to suffer pains. She will be quiet, tension, depressive mood and panic state which is provoked by a hormonal imbalance and a constant overload will leave. Besides massage improves a blood-groove in all systems of an organism and stimulates a muscular tone, and it will save future mother from extensions and not esthetic saggings of a peritoneum after the delivery.
The stroking and kneading movements improve current of a lymph and hypostases of legs and hands warn. If massage in the early stages of pregnancy is contraindicated, then at discomfort in the second and third trimesters it needs to be seen off.
In such situation the classical pose on a stomach is impossible. For massage of the top humeral belt and a neck the woman has to be in a sitting position. The lying pose on one side or on all fours will open access to other parts of a body. It is necessary to nestle for procedures as much as possible. The pregnant woman can use pillows, rollers, to become and lay down so that it was pleasant to a body. At the first signs of discomfort the pose needs to be changed — there is no right technique only.
Important! Besides classical types of therapy, such as massage of a back, the top humeral belt and extremities, exists massage of buttocks, genitalia and a vagina. For the pregnant woman it bears purely medical function without erotic implication — the extensive grid of blood veins in friable tissue of a genital tract swells and brings pain just as a varicosity standing. There is nothing to hesitate — it is possible to try to facilitate health independently or to discuss an issue with the gynecologist.
There are certain indicators to which adhere when massaging different zones of a body. Force of pressing and grinding for each part of a body different, besides it is necessary to be guided by health of the woman to whom do massage.
Perhaps, the most favourite cosmetic procedure of pregnant women. As at violation of a lymph flow not only extremities, but also area of the person swell, the correct massing movements will help to disperse stagnant zones, to take off unpleasant effects from skin which sensitivity during this period raised, and to improve complexion. Facial massage is carried out on massage lines, they are known by all therapists and ladies who are looking after themselves — on them cosmetics and the moisturizing creams is applied. Such therapeutic face care can be carried out in any trimester — it lightens the mood and calms and if other types of therapy at pregnancy cannot be carried out, then why not to make facial massage well to relax.
Very important area which needs to be massed very carefully. The spine column cannot be affected at all. During pregnancy the weight of a fruit influences backbone bends, appears expressed lordoz (a curvature forward) therefore to injure the overloaded vertebras — simple business.
At early stages of incubation the pregnant woman can lay down on a stomach, but since fourth month it is necessary to mass a back will be in the family way on one side or on all fours. If the touch of hands brings to the pregnant woman discomfort, she can put on in the spacious clothes reducing the area of contact. At physical therapy any percussions, a potryakhivaniye, use of additional massage tools are forbidden.
The biggest loading at the woman about to give birth is the share of the lower extremities. Because of growth of a uterus and a fruit, the increasing volume of a blood-groove, stagnation of liquids in an organism of a leg are affected by excessive weight. Besides, the varicosity is often shown — they approach closer the surface of skin, increase in volume and too provoke nagging pains in extremities.
Foot massage saves from all these complications — it anesthetizes and weakens. If cervical vorotnikovoy zones the woman can do massage itself even at deep pregnancy, then the pregnant woman's leg care in the last trimester lays down on her husband.
Whether you know? Massage has the surprising restoring force — only an hour of such physical therapy is equated by six o'clock a full-fledged dream on the weakening and updating properties therefore in 1996 it was included in the list of officially allowed medical care to athletes during the Olympic Games.
Special attention needs to be paid to the lower part of legs — to feet and gastrocnemius muscles. That ankles became thin again, it is necessary to stroke and mass feet from fingers through rise to a heel, to stroke and to softly pound calves, passing an Achilles tendon. If the woman complains of discomfort, it is necessary to stop at once not to do much harm. If varicosity standing began to be shown, pressure needs to be excluded from therapy and to leave only the soft dispersing blood and a lymph of stroking. Legs at massage have to be a little raised.
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The most trembling massage. On early terms of incubation only the woman can do it. Besides improvement of a blood-groove and prevention of extensions, such therapy is a communication with future child and relaxation alone with itself. It is possible to begin frequent physical therapy in this area in quality of training to childbirth. Massage of a stomach is carried out only by the trained therapists in a hospital because the wrong stimulation leads to premature birth.
Such therapy is especially good directly at childbirth — impact on skin distracts from painful reductions of a uterus, the woman feels more surely, contacting to someone reliable. The stomach is stroked in its lower part, parting hands from inguinal area to sides, sometimes slightly pound fists. Anyway, massage has to give relief and comfort.
Taking into account that the organism of the pregnant woman is sensitive to any influence, there are cases at which the physical therapy is contraindicated. In general they coincide with contraindications for ordinary people. This list included catarrhal diseases — flu, a SARS, bronchitis. Purulent and inflammatory processes can be carried further on a blood-groove if to make on them physical impact.
At diseases of a cardiovascular system and digestive organs it is better to refrain from massage too, it will bring only discomfort. Many ask a question whether it is possible to do massage of a back if the pregnant woman had complications with vertebras. The answer such is — in case of traumatism is better to refrain from massage. Severe pain and toxicosis interfere with curative action of therapy too. Besides any woman will not endure others stimulating touches if she feels sick — hormonal reorganization affects.
Important! After the fifth month of pregnancy of women, backbone pains begin to disturb. It is norm, but not a reason for alarm. In that case it is necessary to find the experienced and checked massage therapist if it was not made still.
As for precautionary measures, in medical massage for pregnant women any irritant actions which can disturb a fruit are forbidden. Percussions, a potryakhivaniye, sharp grindings and a razminaniye, pressing with a big force, use of additional massage tools concern them.
It is necessary to forget about vibrations — anti-cellulite belts, the vibrating rugs, all electrostimulators, beds and boards Best Nougat are for pregnant women under a ban: they will do much harm not only the woman, but also a fruit. Yet the hydromassage, especially hot is not recommended. If the therapist after all recommends to relax by means of water massage, water temperature has to be not above +38 °C. Massage is a great way to relax for the pregnant woman. He takes off pain from a backbone and stretched by the increasing fruit of muscles, improves mood and helps to relax. It is a good opportunity to become closer to the spouse, to allow it to study anew the changing body of the half, to look narrowly closer at the new growing life and to experience what his spouse for the sake of it is ready for.
It is not necessary to be afraid of physical therapy, it is necessary to make it the compulsory procedure giving comfort to the overloaded body. Remember the correct technicians of massage, a contraindication and the period — knowing them, you will be able to benefit from massage only or to present it to the loved one.