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Can Home Massage Help Relieve Carpal Tunnel Pain During Pregnancy and Postpartum?
Relieve postpartum wrist pain and speed recovery with Allay’s in-home massage for carpal tunnel and full-body support. Gentle, therapeutic techniques improve circulation, ease swelling, and restore strength — all in the comfort of your Bay Area home.
What Postpartum Care Looks Like Around The World
Explore postpartum care traditions from around the world—from India’s nurturing massages and China’s zuo yuezi to Korea’s sanhujori and Europe’s structured home visits. Discover how these practices support physical recovery, emotional wellbeing, and breastfeeding success, and why the U.S. postpartum system often falls short.
When Can I Start Postpartum Massage After Giving Birth?
Wondering when to start postpartum massage after birth? Whether you’ve had a vaginal delivery or cesarean section, postpartum massage can ease muscle pain, reduce swelling, improve circulation, support breastfeeding comfort, and lower stress for faster recovery. Discover the best time to begin and how massage promotes long-term healing and emotional well-being for new mothers.
Is Pregnancy Massage Safe in Every Trimester?
Discover the benefits and safety of pregnancy throughout every trimester, including the first. Learn how gentle, expertly tailored massage can relieve back pain, reduce swelling, improve circulation, and support emotional well-being. Explore common myths, safety tips, and what it’s like to experience a home pregnancy massage with Allay in your second and third trimesters..
What Are The Benefits Of Prenatal Massage?
Learn about how pregnancy massage can help alleviate muscle tension, support mood regulation, prepare the body for birth, and more! Understand contraindications or reasons to not get a prenatal massage.
What’s A Tongue Tie?
Read about what a tongue tie is, how it is diagnosed, how a lactation consultant can recognize it, how it appears, and more.
8 Uncommon Reasons to See a Lactation Consultant
Read about the 8 reasons to schedule a visit with a lactation consultant that are often overlooked or missed. Learn about latch difficulties, oversupply, gassiness or digestion issues, weird taste after thawing breastmilk, oral restrictions or audible clicking, baby’s body tension, loud snoring, and mental health affecting milk supply.
How Does Massage Therapy Help With Postpartum Recovery?
Learn about how postpartum massage can help alleviate muscle tension and discomfort after birth, help with sciatica pain, pelvic and hip pain, and body aches, reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep, regulate hormones, enhance breastfeeding comfort, and more!
What Is Infant Craniosacral Therapy?
Read about what infant craniosacral therapy is, if it is safe for your baby, and how it can help your baby. Learn about what signs you should look for in your baby that indicate they may benefit from a craniosacral therapy session.
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