Project Description
Massage For Little Ones
This style of massage focuses on the needs of babies and young children. Restoring balance in developing bodies, and a sense of calm for overstimulated young minds.
Early psychological and sensory input is vital in facilitating an infant’s development. Massage therapy can provide an important source of tactile stimulation that can help promote development and well-being, and has been shown to strengthen and regulate primary systems in developing bodies such as the respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, digestive and endocrine systems. Oxygen and nutrient flow to cells can be enhanced, improving breathing patterns and lung health. It can also help regulate behavioral states, promote sleep, enhance the release of hormones, including growth hormones to help with weight gain, as well as sparking neurons in the brain to grow and branch out, which improves mental processing.
Older children and teens can benefit from bodywork too! Just as with adults, massage therapy has been shown to help developing young bodies with mood regulation, sleep problems, and muscular dysfunction.
Massage is proven to increase dopamine (the “feel good hormone”) and decrease cortisol (the “stress hormone”), which can help with regulating anxiety and stress due to social, family and academic pressures. Improved quality of sleep will provide more energy and can increase concentration. Decreasing muscle tension and increase range of motion aids in preventing and recovering from injuries.