During pregnancy it is important to stay healthy, happy and relaxed. Diet and exercise play a key role. Another important factor for health and wellbeing during your pregnancy is Osteopathic treatment. Massage, stretching and the other Osteopathic techniques have benefits to you and your unborn baby such as relieving nervous tension and stress and it generally makes you feel great – the sensation of touch can help release oxytocin, the body’s feel-good hormone.
Osteopathic treatment can also help to keep your body pain free and in better alignment making for a better environment for you baby to grow and develop. There is also wonderful benefits of having osteopathy leading up to your labour, with techniques to help promote a natural and smoother birth and better foetal positioning.