Empowered Births, Parents and Families. Since 1999.
Eliana and Slaven Trinaistic have been providing services in massage therapy and shiatsu therapy since the late 1990's. To find out more about our work and research in the field of massage therapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine please visit Stone Waters Massage. They are available for clinical work on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Optimum Health Centre in Toronto, 1246 Yonge Street, Suite 303 (intersection of Summerhill and Yonge Street, see the map bellow).
How massage will benefit you during your pregnancy, labour and birthing
Studies support what more and more women are discovering about massage therapy during pregnancy – it has been shown to:
improve maternal mood
decrease depression and anxiety
decrease pain
decrease stress hormones in pregnant women (including those suffering from depression)
decrease obstetrical complications, and
improve neonatal health and development.
In addition, the overall benefit of improved mood to maternal and neonatal health has the potential to positively impact the health of individual mothers and children.
There is also evidence that massage therapy throughout the labour and birthing process helps to:
decrease pain in all three stages of labour (latent, active, and transition),
reduce anxiety in the latent stage,
reduce stress during labour, and
increase the quality of your experience of childbirth.
These immediate effects of massage therapy may promote other longer-term effects such as decreased length of labour, shorter hospital stay, less touch sensitivity and fewer instances of postpartum depression (courtesy of Ontario Massage Therapists Association).
"Massage therapy additionally reduced stress during labour and increased the quality of the womenˇ¦s experience of childbirth. It is interesting to consider that these immediate effects of massage may have affected other longer term effects measured such as decreased time in labour, decreased hospital stay, less touch sensitivity and less postpartum depression. A further benefit of massage therapy during labour is that of psychosocial support - by involving the partner in the giving of massage it was reported that the womenˇ¦s experience during labour was improved. " A Review of the Literature for the Use of Massage Therapy during Pregnancy, Labour and Delivery and Infancy by Amanda Baskwill, RMT* and Trish Dryden, M.Ed., RMT**
Pregnancy massage therapy is covered byextended medical insurance if it is performed by registered massage therapists. Please check with your insurance company to see if they are covering massage therapy.
Tobookyour pregnancy treatment or buy a gift certificate for a pregnancy massage treatment please follow the link on the right if you wish to use your credit card or Interac link for debit payments bellow.
The cost of an hour is $89.50 including GST for an hour.
The clinic is located at the Optimum Health Centre, 1246 Yonge Street, Suite 303, in Toronto, Ontario (see the map bellow).
Also, to find out more about Eastern and Western Bodywork, a history of massage therapy and current regulations please visit our Stone Waters website. Find our location and directions at Google Maps.
