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Baby massage is a very popular and effective treatment which can be enjoyed by both mum and baby. It involves touching your baby and touch is one of the most basic forms of communication.
 • Stimulates the circulatory system & lymphatic system
• Improves the Respiratory system
• Reduces certain types of oedema
• Stimulates organs and body systems
• Reduces pain
• Aids digestion
• Positive effects on muscles and joints
•Stimulates the immune system
•Promotes growth & development
•Increases bonding & attachment
•Meets the need to be touched
•Reduces anxiety, stress & depression
•Increases potential confidence
•Nourishment
•“Feeding babies with touches, giving food to their skins and their backs, is just as important as filling their stomachs” (Lebayer 1997)
•The skin is a primary sensory organ even in a 6 week old foetus
•The baby’s 1st experience of massage is at birth
•Skin is the external nervous system which responds incredibly well to the stimulation of baby massage. |
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A child's physiotherapist loves to have fun. Children are growing all the time and this is why we need to have a full understanding of their musculoskeletal system and the wide variety of conditions affecting children. Each child is an individual and their treatment should reflect this.
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