Infant Massage
Atlantic Bodywork Center offers infant massage instruction. We teach parents how to properly massage their infants. This specialized form of touch is successful, not only in the critical weight-gain of premature infants, but also in creating a strong bond between parent and infant and exposing a young child to the benefits and pleasures of touch.
Please call us for more information as to when classes are forming.
Below is a list of the many benefits of infant and and childhood massage.
1. Relieves discomfort
2. Speeds myelination of the brain and nervous system
3. Relaxes and enhances the neurological development
4. Infants have longer periods of deep sleep
5. Stimulates the vagus nerve
6. Teaches infants that touch is a form of expression.
7. Helps tone muscles and aids growth
8. Enhances the bonding process
9. Increases infant’s body awareness
10. Strengthens the immune system
11. Teaches children from birth that they are in charge of their own body and that it is ok for them to say no to people touching them...
12. Increases oxygen and nutrient flow to the cells
13. Increases circulation
14. Improves sensory awareness
15. Helps encourage midline orientation. This assists with coordination and balance.
16. Parents feel more confident in their new role...knowing that they can do something themselves to enhance the health and development of their child.
17. Massage provides quality time with a working parent
18. Increases the parent’s ability to help relax their child in times of stress
19. Is relaxing and fun for parents
20. Can involve the father...
21. Enables parents to be more receptive to their baby
22. Infant massage is fun!
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