Professional Pregnancy Massage Therapy Benefits by Professional Massage Therapist Maryland

Professional Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy is a form of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine as defined by The National Institutes of Health.

Visit The National Center of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine here: www.nccam.nih.gov/health/massage

The care you receive with MDLMT acts as a compliment to your current health regime. Integrated into your current conventional medicine choices ensures the highest level of benefit and healing for you.

Your Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) will communicate with your physician directly with your approval. As part of your ‘healthcare team’, we work with your healthcare provider(s) to ensure that your health and well being remains the first priority. Current or suspected contagious conditions must be disclosed when scheduling your appointment. Professional Pregnancy Massage Therapy is our specialty. Discover the benefits for yourself from our experienced and professional massage therapists.

Massage Therapy Benefits

Your frequency ultimately determines the level of benefits you receive. Most patients with chronic or acute sypmtoms require weekly or bi-weekly sessions at first. We first must heal from past stresses. As progress is made, you will discuss continued frequency with your therapist. Our goal is to help you achieve a state of health that requires only maintenance sessions to manage current stress levels. Getting regular massages (at least once every 4 weeks), has shown to have an impressive range of benefits, especially if you are interested in Professional Pregnancy Massage Therapy. Your LMT will help you determine your schedule so you may receive massage therapy benefits to the fullest.

Stress ~
We all know that high stress levels are harmful. In fact, leading medical experts now believe that stress is a major contributor to almost all diseases and conditions. Learning to manage our stress levels has become part of our health regime.

Excessive production of stress hormones, (cortisol, norepinephrine), in your body permeate and disrupt functions vital to health at a cellular level. Research proves that professional massage therapy reduces the amount of these harmful chemicals.

"I try to relax, but my mind won’t let me."

The parasympathetic branch of the central nervous system governs your ability to relax and let go of excessive stress by releasing relax hormones (serotonine, dopamine) into your system. Imagine a light switch. Yours may be stuck in the ‘on’ position even when you want to turn it ‘off’. A professional massage therapist guides you into a deep state of relaxation that enables you to turn your switch 'off'. Reducing stress chemicals and activating the parasympathetic nervous system allows your body to relax.

Professional Massage therapy is indeed a powerful stress management tool.

Additional benefits you will receive from routine care are:

~ healthy circulation of blood, lymph, and interstitial fluids
~ greater range of motion
~ increased flexibility
~ reduced/elimination of muscular pain
~ relieves headaches
~ improved sleep patterns
~ increased body awareness
~ strengthened immune system
~ balancing of the gastro-intestinal tract
~ heightened ability of nutrient absorption
~ freeing restrictions due to tissue adhesions
~ feelings of peace, stability, confidence, and clarity

“I have cancer. Is it OK for me to get a massage?”

If you have a medical condition, whether chronic or acute, it is very important that you disclose any medical condition you are suffering from, (acute), or are managing (chronic). Same is the case if you need our professional pregnancy massage services. You must disclose upfront if you have any health problems.

~ Talk with your healthcare provider about massage therapy. Ask questions like:

• ~ How will massage help me?

• ~ Are there specific movements my therapist should not do?

When your physician writes a prescription for massage therapy it is important that it state, "Frequency and duration to be determined by LMT".

A professional massage therapist's services can be beneficial to almost all people with medical conditions as massage is a powerful stress management tool. Learn what disorders/conditions your LMT should be made aware of here. Addressing your ability to relax helps an individual to cope with their specific situation from a higher level of awareness. Most conditions require adaptations to your session and may prohibit specific movements/strokes completely. Your LMT’s pathology training allows them to provide professional massage techniques that support the natural healing abilities of the body without disturbing or harming conditions or diseases that may be present. Awareness allows simple modifications to be made to your unique session.

Our professional massage therapists provide the following specialties:

Professional Pregnancy Massage