Massage With Integrity
for Body, Mind, and Soul

More Information

Pregnancy and Postpartum Massage
The St. John Method of Neuromuscular Therapy

Pregnancy and Postpartum Massage

Pregnant mothers can also rest assured that Nikki Borsellino, NCTMB, LMT is a certified pre- and peri-natal massage therapist.

Massage for a pregnant mother and her baby has been found to:

• Reduce stress and promote relaxation through emotional support and physical nurturing

• Allows for emotional integration of the mother and child throughout various stages of transition during the pregnancy

• Reduces edema and high blood pressure, relieves varicose veins, and increases blood and lymph circulation

• Reduces musculoskeletal pain and strain from postural distortions that occur as the baby grows

• Contributes to developing kinesthetic awareness, flexibility, and preparation necessary for active birthing

• Contributes to shorter, less painful labor; reduces labor complications, medications, and interventions

• Improves infant well-being

• Specifically reduces lumbar, pelvic, and sacral pain, as well as hip and leg pain, breathing discomfort, neck pain and headache, upper back, shoulder and arm pain

• Teaches techniques to prepare the mother for labor.

• Improve chances of longer gestation in pregnancies with multiple babies

• Facilitates postpartum recovery, including structural and abdominal restoration, healing from Cesarean delivery, and relief of muscle strain in childcare activities.

Please note that a release from the client’s obstetrician is required. Contact us to learn more about pre- and peri-natal massage.

Back to top
 

The St. John Method of Neuromuscular Therapy

The St. John Method of NMT is a comprehensive program of soft tissue manipulation techniques that balance the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, and nerves) with the structure and form of the musculoskeletal system (skeleton and muscles of the body).  This method considers five principles that cause pain.  They are:

1. Ischemia

2. Trigger points

3. Nerve compression or entrapment

4. Postural distortion

5. Biomechanical dysfunction

This method also maintains that realigning vertebrae without treating associated soft tissue frequently treats the symptom and not the cause.

How Does Neuromuscular Therapy Help You?

NMT can help individuals experiencing structural distortion, biomechanical dysfunction and the accompanying pain that is often a symptom of the underlying problem.  It is used to locate and release spasm and hypercontraction in the tissues:  eliminate trigger points that cause referred pain; restore postural alignment, proper biomechanics and flexibility to the tissues; rebuild the strength of injured tissues and assist venous and lymphatic flow.  NMT is an effective and economically feasible method of treatment.

― excerpted from the Discover The St. John Method of Neuromuscular Therapy brochure of the St. John Neuromuscular Pain Relief Institute

Back to top