by vitalflowmb | Dec 14, 2020 | FAQs
While other massage places might be more economical, most massage therapists are barely trained to work with pregnant and postpartum people. Their training in massage school is extremely minimal and therapists who only receive school exposure to perinatal massage are...
by vitalflowmb | Dec 14, 2020 | FAQs
Please come as you are! Immediately up to 16 weeks postpartum is when massage is most beneficial for mind and body. Come in your mesh underwear with leaky breasts. It won’t phase me and I have all the sheets and towels you need to keep things sanitary. If you had a...
by vitalflowmb | Dec 14, 2020 | FAQs
There are so many pregnancy and massage myths! I have also heard that some massage therapists won’t work on pregnant people’s feet for fear of inducing labor! The only time I won’t work on an area of the body (aside from someone not wanting massage on that area)...
by vitalflowmb | Dec 14, 2020 | FAQs
Yes, you can! There is no evidence linking massage to miscarriage. I work with people that are intentionally trying to conceive, don’t know they’re pregnant yet and at every stage of pregnancy. The biggest reason I hear for people not coming in in the first trimester...
by vitalflowmb | Dec 14, 2020 | FAQs
The short answer is no. You do not have to receive a massage on any part of your body you are not comfortable with. In my intake forms I have clients check a box for each area of the body they are wanting massage in. At each appointment extra written informed consent...
by vitalflowmb | Dec 14, 2020 | FAQs
I actually do prenatal massage in a combination of side-lying and/or semi-reclined positioning. If you are getting a chiropractic adjustment or briefly lying down then being on your pregnant stomach doesn’t pose a risk BUT if you are in one of those massage tables...
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