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Massage and Pregnancy

Health and well-being for you and your baby

Pre and Post Natal Massage now available

on Wednesdays at Full Circle

Pregnancy is a time of great changes, when your entire body adapts to the new life growing within.  You need and deserve support, especially since two people now depend on your health and vitality.

Massage is a wonderful way to relax, increase your energy and relieve discomfort during your pregnancy.  The caring touch of massage can help you experience your changing body in a positive, accepting way.  Massage can help with the many aches and pains you experience as your body changes.  For example, massage helps to:

  • Reduce muscle cramps and painful trigger points;
  • Relieve pain in the muscles and joints of your legs, low back and upper back;
  • Increase flexibility, making it easier for your body to adjust to a changing shape;
  • Ease constipation, gas and heartburn;
  • Reduce excess fluid retention;
  • Slow the progress of varicose veins;
  • Relieve headaches.

Meredith Grasso, Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Infant Massage Instructor, will be available every Wednesday for pre and post natal massage appointments.  Call 914.421.1500 ex 0 to schedule your appointment.   Cost is $100.

Meredith has been a practicing New York State Licensed Massage Therapist since 2000. She studied and was trained at The Swedish Institute College of Health and Sciences in New York City where she graduated with a degree in Occupational Studies. She has been trained in Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, sports massage, medical massage, trigger point therapy, positional release, myofascial release, shiatsu, prenatal massage, reflexology and chair massage.  In addition, she has completed an additional 52 hours of education/training in pre and post-natal massage.

Meredith also offers Infant Massage classes here at Full Circle.  Click here for more information.

For you and your baby

Regular massage during your pregnancy and postpartum period can relieve your physical symptoms and help you cope with stress.  Because it supports your physical health and vitality, massage can help you more easily adjust to the many changes in your body and the demands of your new life.  Just taking time out for a massage can improve your outlook on life, supporting both you and your baby during this time of so many changes.