In the first year of life the child makes a huge leap in the development and gets a lot of useful skills. Parents can help your baby develop properly and in due time: for this there are baby massage and baby gymnastics. These simple manipulations have an exceptionally beneficial effect on the health and development of the crumbs.

Features baby massage

Massages are beneficial to people of any age, but baby massage may differ significantly from the adult. Children are very susceptible to this procedure and need it much more than adults.

Massage improves skin grudnichka and cleans it. In addition, massage beneficial effect on all body systems: improved blood circulation and digestion, normalizes the heart and lungs. Children who regularly do massage, suffer less from colic, their intestines are regularly freed from gases. It is impossible to overestimate the effect of massage on the nervous system: too excitable children become calmer, improved sleep. In addition, regular preventive massage enhances immunity: children rarely get sick. As for the massage, the child is exposed, there is a mild hardening of the body.

A restorative massage is recommended for all children to do after one and a half to two months. This massage is combined with a special gymnastics for infants, which also improves the physical development of the baby. Massage and exercises improve health of the child and to accelerate its development, and it's not just about the physical development, but also an intellectual.

If the massage correctly, it not only does not help the child, but, on the contrary, it hurts. Baby massage has some significant differences from adult massages, so this procedure requires special training. However, learning the art of baby massage is simple.

Basic methods

Basic techniques of baby massage - is stroking, kneading and rubbing. Additional techniques include vibration, effleurage and squeezing.

Massage should always begin with stroking. When this hand receiving a massage therapist should slide on baby's skin with light pressure. This is not to allow the skin to the baby going to fold. In the first three months of life, stroking the crumbs - the only valid form of massage. This simple manipulation improves blood circulation, relaxes the muscles and improves the condition of the nervous system.

Massage a child older than three months and begins with the strokes, but then the therapist moves on to other techniques - rubbing and kneading. When rubbing the baby's skin is slightly shifted from their seats. Rub the baby may be in a circular motion with your fingers or palm, to be moving in the direction from the extremities to the center of the body. This technique reduces the excitability of the nervous kid and relax the muscles.

Kneading involves more intense effect on the skin of the child. Muscles crumbs kneaded circular translational or slightly pinched movements. This will effectively stretch your muscles baby. You should be aware of the sensitivity of baby's skin and act gently and delicately, without causing the child discomfort.

When and how to do baby massage

Massage is usually combined with a special gymnastics for kids. These procedures are preferably carried out in half an hour - an hour before feeding, or forty-five minutes after eating. It is not necessary to massage just before bedtime. After the massage, it is desirable to bathe the baby, especially if masseur used oil or talc.

Before the procedure, it is desirable to ventilate the room, massage should be done in the summer with the windows open. Massage is done on a firm, level surface - perfect for any table - comfort station, dining, desk. On the table is placed a folded twice as thin blanket, mat and diaper. In the absence of drafts can be carried massage grudnichka and on the floor, which also placed a blanket, mat and diaper. Of course, the floor surface must be completely clean.

Hands massage therapist must be clean, dry and warm, the nails - close-cropped. Before the procedure is necessary to remove all jewelry and watches, which can scratch the delicate skin of the child.

The first treatments do not last long - less than ten minutes. It is important to massage the child did not deliver any discomfort. Therefore, the motion should be very light and delicate. The speed of movement should be about two centimeters per second.

During the massage, do not touch the heart and inguinal nodes, and it is not necessary to massage the spine. Massage is always in the direction from the periphery to the center.

Independently, you can only do baby massage tonic. For therapeutic massage is recommended to contact the experts with sufficient experience in conducting such procedures.

Contraindications

Before the massage is always necessary to consult a pediatrician and a neurologist. If you have any chronic diseases is also needed expert advice. Despite the fact that the bracing massage is useful to virtually all children, in some cases, the procedure will have to give. Contraindications include:

• Any acute illness, fevers;
• Acute inflammation of the bones, muscles, subcutaneous fat and skin from any cause;
• Atrophy;
• Any diseases that are accompanied by increased fragility of bones or tenderness;
• Acute rickets;
• Congenital heart disease accompanied by severe cyanosis (before undergoing massage is necessary to consult a cardiologist);
• Acute nephritis;
• Acute hepatitis;
• Hemophilia, hemorrhagic diathesis;
• The active form of tuberculosis;
• Some forms of hernias.

Maria Bykov

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