Pregnancy & Infant Massage

This DVD is like a reference book for pregnancy massage where you can look up conditions and find out how to work with clients with these conditions. But rather than just a description on the flat page, you get a demonstration by the teacher.

Filled with hundreds of techniques, this detailed, more than 3 hours program will help you become a skilled pregnancy massage practitioner. A best seller and  Clearly filmed and enhanced with computer graphics, this DVD will lead you step by step through every aspect of Pregnancy Massage from beginning to end. The most comprehensive DVD!

Includes the following lessons: Benefits & Contraindications (25 min) Client intake (21 min) Draping/Positioning (23 min) General Side posture massage (36 min) General Semi-reclining massage (12 min) Back Pain techniques (20 min) Shortness of Breath (11 min) Sciatica (12 min) Constipation (6 min) Leg Cramps (8 min) Labor Preparations (2 min) Nausea/Morning Sickness (3 min) Edema (9 min) Diastasis Recti (5 min). This program also includes client intake and physician referral forms that you can print out on your computer, and use in your practice.

Level: Fundamental-Intermediate

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$66

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A British study recently has shown that massage reduces the level of stress hormones in babies under a year old, helping them sleep better and cry less.  Massage is a bonding experience for parents and babies alike.

This DVD is a fun, exciting experience for infant massage (ages 2-18 months) featuring massage, exercise, karaoke sing-along and animations!

Infant massage, exercises, games, karaoke sing-along, original animations and a cool soundtrack make “It’s Baby Time” a revolutionary way to spend time with your infant! This DVD includes three fun routines focusing on infant massage and exercises: The Joy routine: energizing and fun The Peace routine: sedating & relaxing Exercises: tone & stretch with your baby! It also includes techniques to address common issues such as: Colic, Teething, Asthma, Chest congestion, and Constipation. Running Time: 47 mins.

Level: Fundamental

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$29.95

Take time out for you and your baby with this easy-to-follow and informative program. It is written by and features pre-natal yoga teacher Katie Brown, who was seven months pregnant with her second child when this DVD was filmed. Katie guides you through a relaxation, a baby bonding practice and two routines which are suitable for every stage of pregnancy.

Yoga is one of the best and safest forms of exercise for new mums. It doesn't matter if you've never done Yoga before - you'll still feel the benefits. Yoga helps to release stress and symptoms associated with pregnancy. It also encourages your body to prepare for labour. It can deepen the bond with your unborn baby and help your body recover after childbirth. The DVD, which runs for approximately 85 minutes, features unique sections such as a baby bonding relaxation and a guide to all prospective mums (and dads) explaining how they can use Yoga and massage to help with childbirth.

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Hardcover, 63 pages

by Roma Turner, Susie Nanayakkara

A Step by Step guide too gentle massage for baby

Touch provides a way of communicating at deep level, without the limitations of words. When parents massage their babies, they are helping the bonding process and encouraging a warm, positive parent-child relationship. The intimate contact and conscious time involved in a massage can provide comfort and security for the child and also the parent. Practiced regularly, baby massage will also encourage healthy growth and it can be used to help alleviate common health problems such as colic.

This highly illustrated book is filled with step-by-step photographs to guid eyou through a massage from preparation and nasic movements to a full-body massage sequence, with detailed advice on massage for mothers before and after childbirth, and healing techniques for common infant ailments, and sequences for older children. It shows how to give babies a soothing massage to help with relaxation and sleep. This book demonstrates a number of different techniques which are effective with most babies.

Authored by Roma Turner, a massage therapist and aromatherapist, the former director of ATMS. Roma was a nurse and spent many years as a school teacher. Roma was the former president of the Association of Remedial Masseurs.

Originally published in 1996, this is the last of the stock. Every book is personally signed by the author. Also a great gift for new parents.

$19.95

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480 pages, over 350 colour illustrations & photos

Authored by a well-known expert on prenatal massage, this comprehensive text helps you understand the intricate physiology of pregnancy so you can confidently apply appropriate massage techniques for each trimester, and throughout labor and postpartum. You'll find clear, colorfully illustrated explanations of a wide range of techniques and procedures, including Swedish massage, acupuncture points, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, lymphatic drainage, and reflexology. Contraindications and precautions are also provided where necessary to help you provide safe and effective care for every client.

• Comprehensive coverage guides you through all aspects of prenatal massage in a single book, addressing fundamentals, techniques, preparation, and prevention of potential problems. '
• Many useful techniques are described in detail for prenatal through postpartum massage with step-by-step instructions so you can begin using these techniques with your clients immediately.
• Numerous boxes throughout the text highlight key information and provide clinical tips. Touch Points and In My Experience boxes share the author's personal observations about the chapter material with real-life examples from her years in practice.
• Over 350 detailed, full-color illustrations and photographs illuminate procedures, concepts, and techniques.
• Clear writing and organization addresses content in four main units: pregnancy massage, labor massage, postpartum massage, and marketing strategies.
• A companion DVD packaged with the book contains 45 minutes of video demonstrating different massage techniques presented in the book.
• Learning objectives and key terms at the beginning of each chapter clearly identify the concepts you should focus on in the chapter.
• Review questions at the end of each chapter enable you to assess your understanding and review important information presented in the book.
• A glossary of all key terms and definitions makes it easy to quickly look up a new term or to refresh your memory.

$79

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159 pages,  250 illustrations Smyth-sewn softcover

The female pelvis and its contents are an underappreciated region of the anatomy. Important not only for sexuality, they are also central to the processes of childbirth and elimination.

The Female Pelvis was written for women to use over the course of their lives, with a special emphasis on pregnancy, childbirth, and its aftermath. Its purpose is to help women become more familiar with the pelvis and its related structures, and how to keep them healthy and fit. The book begins with a description of the functional anatomy of the pelvis, and how it responds to pregnancy and childbirth. This is followed by a series of specific exercises, initially for self-discovery, and then to increase the flexibility, strength, and coordination of each of the pelvic functions. The book concludes with some guidelines which focus on the pelvis during different phases of a woman's life.

The Female Pelvis was designed to make the subject of the pelvis understandable to all women. Anatomically correct, the language of the text is clear and concise. Over 250 drawings illustrate every important aspect of pelvic anatomy, and show the reader how to perform simple exercises to keep the pelvis and its related structures fit.

REVIEWS "The Female Pelvis: Anatomy and Exercises aims to educate both women and women's health care providers about how the pelvis and perineum are designed and function. [It] does this through detailed descriptive writing and pictures that articulate specifics in an informative style that ensures understanding for a wide range of readers." —Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health

"The Female Pelvis is a significant book, extremely useful for practitioners who work with women (or who are women), offering practical self-care solutions for the phases of a woman's life, concentrating on pregnancy and reaching into menopause. This text is richly illustrated, using over 250 drawings to shine a spotlight on the most central, although often ignored, region of a woman's body." —Massage Therapy Journal

CONTENTS # Chapter 1: The Bony Structures of the Perineum # Chapter 2: The Musculature of the Perineum # Chapter 3: The Organs of the Lesser Pelvis # Chapter 4: The Muscles Bordering the Perineum # Chapter 5: Analysis of Certain Movements # Chapter 6: The Perineum and Delivery # Chapter 7: Some Pathologies Common to the Lesser Pelvis # Chapter 8: Exercises # Chapter 9: Guidelines

$49

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