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Bumps & Beyond

Locality: Woolgoolga, New South Wales

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Address: 14 Short Street 2456 Woolgoolga, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 The Touch Research Institute in Miami, Florida has found: children with Autism benefit from touch therapy. massage therapy was the most effective therapy with studies involving fibromyalgia patients. IMIS believes that massage therapy may also show positive results with infants suffering from foetal alcohol syndrome, hyper or hypo tone infants, paralysis, ADD, blindness, deafness, multiple handicaps, amputation, epilepsy, deformities, and infants suffering from abuse. Infant ...massage may also help terminally ill infants and their families by providing a means to communicate their love through touch. IMIS believes that massage for terminally ill infants is particularly beneficial to the parents providing them with something positive they can do for their child during a time where there is little else they can do to help or bond with their child in the short time provided. Instructors are informed on appropriate alterations to massage techniques for various special needs. If anyone has a child with any special needs please feel free to contact me for information. I have a child of my own who is on the Autistic spectrum and he has benefited from massage to help calm, low or high muscle tone and spasms and general wellbeing and bonding.

17.01.2022 Infant massage is an ancient tradition, practised in many cultures throughout the world. It is now growing in popularity in Australia, as parents are discovering that massage can help their child settle, sleep better, reduce crying and relieve problems such as wind, colic, constipation, reflux and eczema. It even help reduce post-natal depression by helping parents bond with their babies.

16.01.2022 To learn more about the benefits baby massage can provide, contact your local Infant Massage Instructor or visit www.babymassage.net.au

16.01.2022 Infant massage found to be one of the most effective preventative interventions in enhancing sensitivity in depressed mothers: meta-analysis The importance of i...mproving maternal sensitivity in depressed mothers has been documented as an important element in increasing positive outcomes for children of such mothers. This meta-analysis involved a detailed look at 10 studies concerning different interventions for mothers with depression and approaches to improve maternal sensitivity. Interventions such as mother-infant therapy groups, home-visits and infant massage were some of the approaches which were under investigation in the study. Infant massage was found to be the most effective and robust technique to improve maternal sensitivity (p. 375). These findings are highly significant in that they demonstrate a focus only on purely treating the mother for depression may not be as powerful as approaches which involve both the mother and the child. It is thought that massage therapy is beneficial to mothers in teaching them to be more observant of their babies’ and signals and therefore more responsive. This then has the knock-on effect of increasing the mother’s confidence and enhancing the bond between mother and child. Kersten-Alvarez, L., Hosman, M.H., Riksen-Walraven, J.M., van Doesum, K., & Hoefnagels, C. (2011). Which preventative interventions effectively enhance depressed mothers’ sensitivity? A meta-analysis. Infant Mental Health Journal, 32(3), 362376 (2011), DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20301

10.01.2022 IMIS Members we have put together some handouts on baby massage tips and benefits which you can download for free from the members resource area of our websit...e. Feel free to keep them for your own reference, give to parents in your classes, or use to promote yourself as an instructor or consultant! http://www.babymassage.net.au/members.html See more

07.01.2022 Infant massage beneficial for new dads too: study An Infant Massage Information Service article review: A 2011 study from Toronto, Canada has found that partici...pation in infant massage classes by fathers had a significant effect on reducing the stress levels of new fathers. Twelve fathers attended classes with their babies over a four week period, attending a minimum of three classes. The fathers were asked to complete questionnaires regarding their levels of stress as new dads before taking part in the classes. Interviews were carried out with the fathers which showed that an impressive 92% described their experience with baby massage as positive. Fathers reported feeling less isolated and more competent as a valued caregiver. The fathers reported feeling a greater sense of attachment with their babies as a result of doing the baby massage classes. Source: Cheng, C.D., Volk, A., Marini, Z.A. (2011). Supporting fathering through infant massage. The Journal of Perinatal Education. 20 (4), 200 209.

06.01.2022 Infant massage helps to reduce levels of jaundice in newborns: A research review by the Infant Massage Information Service A study from Japan has shown how ba...by massage can help reduce levels of jaundice in otherwise healthy full term newborn babies. The research involved 20 babies born with no complications who received a daily massage of 15-20 minutes twice daily. The control group of 22 babies received phototherapy. Researchers monitored stool frequency and jaundice levels via a jaundice metre and blood samples. The treatment group were found to have much more frequent passing of stools than the control group on the first and second days of treatment. The researchers concluded that the massage may help to stimulate infants in assisting the passing of meconium which has the benefit of aiding the reduction of jaundice. Massage helps in increasing blood flow and stimulation of the lymphatic system, aiding in the collection and excretion of waste products from the body. The stimulation of the vagus nerve also increases gastric fluids, aiding in digestion. Babies were then more likely to nurse more frequently. Massage also helps decrease the stress hormone cortisol. As a result the babies in the treatment group were found to have lower levels of jaundice than the control group. The results of the study are significant in that jaundice is a common problem which affects more than 50% of full term infants and the majority of preterm infants. Furthermore, treatments for jaundice such as phototherapy can cause side effects such as dehydration, rashes and diarrhoea. Mothers and babies can also experience anxiety caused by forced separation when a baby needs to undergo such treatment. Clearly, treatment by massage does not bring with it these side effects and has the added benefit of strengthening the bond between mother and baby. Source: Chen, J., Sadakata, M., Ishida, M., Sekizuka, N., Sayama, M. (2011). Baby massage ameliorates neonatal jaundice in full-tem newborn infants. Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 223 (2), 97-102.