massage for depression

[Guest guest]

Hey, you guys, I saw this on another list. Maybe it is a sign that things

are slowly geting away from slapping moms on drugs right away. Vicky

 

Here are a few articles that talk about the impact of massage (either

provided for a mother or done by a mother for her infant) on maternal

depression. Two are by Tiffany Fields:

Field T, Grizzle N, Scafidi F, Schanberg S. Massage and relaxation therapies

effects on depressed adolescent mothers. Adolescence 1996;31:903-1002.

Field T, Grizzle N, Scafidi F, Abrams S, Richardson S. Massage therapy for

infants of depressed mothers. Infant Behav Dev 1996;19:107-112.

Onozawa K, Glover V, Adams D, Modi N, Kumar RC. Infant massage improves

mother-infant interaction for mothers with postnatal depression. J Affect

Disord 2001;63:201-207.

For a few additional and newer articles, just type in " post-partum depression

massage " into PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi).

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[Guest guest]

Hi Vicki;

Tiffany Fields has been majorly involved in infant and maternal health

through massage for a LONG time; I think she is in Miami. I've been

seeing her name in this ref for years with many references listed in

the standard infant massage trainings offered by the IAM. If you look

up the research, it is great. Even Elders are being tested doing

infant massage and it is (well, of course) found to be excellent

mental and physical health therepy for the elders.

Martha

[Guest guest]

Martha, what do you/others think of craniosacral therapy? Vicky

 

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Martha Oakes

05/15/05 10:36:17

ayurveda

Re: massage for depression

 

Hi Vicki;

Tiffany Fields has been majorly involved in infant and maternal health

through massage for a LONG time; I think she is in Miami. I've been

seeing her name in this ref for years with many references listed in

the standard infant massage trainings offered by the IAM. If you look

up the research, it is great. Even Elders are being tested doing

infant massage and it is (well, of course) found to be excellent

mental and physical health therepy for the elders.

Martha

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Re craniosaccral therapy question, Vicky I put it in the category of

good energy work along with skilled accupressure, jin shin Jyutsu,

marma and polarity therapies more concrete than reiki but still really

abstract for many, and not first call due to the more basic needs,

usually to look at first anyway for so much physical supports, nourish

ment issues and rest issues with pp depression. It is wonderfully

gentle; does no harm, can offer at least transitory help, sometimes

essential especially for babies after birth, and I like what I have

experienced with it for the most part (occasionally not much was the

experience, usually deeply subtle, relaxing and balancing). IE, ppd

is not usually a structural (craniosaccral) issue, but to the extent

this is involved, certainly a valuable tool.

 

For babies with ppd (never thought of it that way but why not ...) ...

can be awesome. I once was teaching some clinical with students when

we visited a client's home. Mom was depressed, very difficult baby,

colicay, cried so much, Mom was overworked in addition and eating

salads, leftovers, meat, the gamut of aggravators (see files). We all

sardined into a tiny bathroom fo rthe infant massage instruction and

when baby started to fuss, one of my interns was studying

craniosaccral and asked if she could hold Baby's head. Baby calmed

but went through a whole gamut of facial and body expressions and

positions, according to the midwife present, reliving and releasing

birth trauma/stress. The massaage instruction after that went

wonderfully, and Mom and Baby experienced much improvement from our visit.

Martha

[Guest guest]

wow, Martha, that is pretty impressive. I have experienced the same for

myself as you have. Vicky

 

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Martha Oakes

05/18/05 17:55:43

ayurveda

Re: massage for depression

 

Re craniosaccral therapy question, Vicky I put it in the category of

good energy work along with skilled accupressure, jin shin Jyutsu,

marma and polarity therapies more concrete than reiki but still really

abstract for many, and not first call due to the more basic needs,

usually to look at first anyway for so much physical supports, nourish

ment issues and rest issues with pp depression. It is wonderfully

gentle; does no harm, can offer at least transitory help, sometimes

essential especially for babies after birth, and I like what I have

experienced with it for the most part (occasionally not much was the

experience, usually deeply subtle, relaxing and balancing). IE, ppd

is not usually a structural (craniosaccral) issue, but to the extent

this is involved, certainly a valuable tool.

 

For babies with ppd (never thought of it that way but why not ...) ...

can be awesome. I once was teaching some clinical with students when

we visited a client's home. Mom was depressed, very difficult baby,

colicay, cried so much, Mom was overworked in addition and eating

salads, leftovers, meat, the gamut of aggravators (see files). We all

sardined into a tiny bathroom fo rthe infant massage instruction and

when baby started to fuss, one of my interns was studying

craniosaccral and asked if she could hold Baby's head. Baby calmed

but went through a whole gamut of facial and body expressions and

positions, according to the midwife present, reliving and releasing

birth trauma/stress. The massaage instruction after that went

wonderfully, and Mom and Baby experienced much improvement from our visit.

Martha