Child and Youth Massage
What is it?
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A Child and Youth Massage treatment is Massage Therapy which is specifically tailored for children and youth. For kids ages 4 months to 18 years, Massage Therapy techniques along with other modalities are used to help their bodies grow and develop optimally. The approaches for young individuals can naturally be very different from those applied to adults. This treatment is made for the kiddos!
What to Expect...
Just like anyone attending a new service, kids often do not know what to expect from a Massage appointment. Depending on the child’s age and level of maturity, the intake assessment is completed in the first appointment with or without adult accompaniment. Clinical Massage Therapy techniques on the table or mats on the floor are used within the child’s comfort level to promote the ideal results and provide the best experience possible.
Often kids are worried that the treatment will be uncomfortable or too clinical.
Sometimes they are unsure of whether or not they can choose the approach and goals of treatment. Informed Consent in any treatment is always imperative to therapeutic work, and everyone who enters the Lily Massage Therapy clinic is treated with respect for their agency and individuality. Each client, including children and youth, have full control over the treatment, and can stop or change any aspect of the appointment at any time.
Yes, I am an expert. But you are the boss!
Anticipated Results…
Children who attend Massage Therapy leave treatments with empowered education and agency over their own bodies and health. They have the opportunity to experience caring touch in a clinical sense, which teaches them both how to speak up for themselves in a health service context, and to develop the body awareness to know what works for them and what doesn’t.
Kids conclude Child and Youth Massage treatments with a regulated nervous system, a calmer disposition, and feeling stronger and more relaxed in their bodies and minds. They often leave asking when they can come back!
Who can benefit the most from Child and Youth Massage?
Children and youth looking to boost sports performance, regulate emotions, enhance learning, decrease overall tension and stress, support the immune system, and to nurture optimal growth and development will find this treatment most beneficial.
These treatments can help ease the stress and anxiety associated with tests and exams, performative events such as plays and sports tournaments, and to help decrease emotional upheaval or suffering. This treatment is wonderful for kids who struggle with ADHD and other learning difficulties, anxiety and depression as well.