INFANT MASSAGE

 

Performed by Applepuncture Owner Kristin Apple, who specializes in pediatrics. Parents learn how to perform infant massage at home.

 

All  babies can benefit from infant massage. However, we especially recommend it for babies with torticollis, digestive discomfort, and stress conditions. Studies show that infant massage has a profoundly positive effect on your baby's physical health by helping them:

• Ease into healthy, restful sleep.

• Feel calmer with lower levels of stress hormones.

• Relax their muscles, encouraging flexibility in their arms and legs.

• Breathe healthfully and gain good body awareness.

• Digest food better and experience less constipation.

• Benefit from healthier circulation and stronger immunity to disease.

• Reach a higher stimulation threshold with less skin sensitivity.

• Suffer fewer symptoms of colic, such as irritability and sleeplessness.