It is very common during pregnancy to develop aching muscles in your back, hips and knees. Pregnancy massage as been designed to ease this aching and return the body to a relaxed state. Treatments use large movements to encourage better blood flow throughout the entire body.

Depending on your term of pregnancy, you will be lying on your side, supported by cushions under the head, between the legs and under your bump! This enables the therapist to massage one side of your back, the hip and buttock area and upper leg. The treatment is then repeated on your other side before finishing with you lying on your back, raised under the upper back and shoulders.

Legs, feet and ankles are also massaged to encourage the reduction of any swelling but this is most effective over a short course of treatment where possible.

Pregnancy massage will leave you feeling very relaxed so please ensure you have very little planned afterwards!

TCHC Therapists: Stephanie Blake, Rowan Perkin