Dr. Deanine Picciano Kirschner has been treating and caring for women at all stages of pregnancy for over 15 year.  Dr. Picciano is a nationally accredited instructor and developer of the Integrative Pregnancy Massage Curriculum for massage therapists and bodyworkers for over 12 years and has certified women all over the country in the techniques of I ntegrative Pregnancy Massage. Deanine is commited to assisting you in achieving a natural and healthy pregnancy every step of they way and supporting your ideal pregnancy and birth experience. 

Pregnancy effects your body in a multitude of ways and on many levels. Below are just some of the ways integrative care can helps you adjust your body to the weekly changes and feel great at each stage of pregnancy:

Integrative Care during Pregnancy Helps:

• Reduce morning sickness, nausea and lack of appetite.
• Reduce stress, promote relaxation and lower cortisol, the stress hormone.
• Release muscle tension and address restrictions in the diaphraghams that contribute to discomfort.
• Helps to regulate blood pressure. 
• Increases blood and lymph circulation and prevents varicose veins .
• Relieve stress on weight-bearing joints (ankles, low back, pelvis, wrists, hips and knees)
• Can facillitate and prepare the body for the labor process by releasing tension and blocks that delay labor .
• Improves natural childbirth outcomes.

Specific Conditions that may be helped with an integration of treatments:

• Group B Strep, Bacterial Infections, Kidney stones
• Common colds, coughs, skin issues
• Gallbladder problems,constipation
• Threatened miscarrage or habitual miscarraige, bleeding during pregnancy
• Rib pain, Sciatica.

Studies

Recent medical journals have published positive results from massage therapy during pregnancy:

• Reduced anxiety and improved mood
• Better sleep
• Less back pain
• Reduced norepinephrine levels and cortisol (stress hormones)
• Fewer complications in labor

In addition, one of the most exciting findings shows that women massaged during pregnancy had babies with fewer postnatal complications and a lower rate of prematurity. Scientific fact behind what your intuition already new: a healthy mom who takes care of herself is better equipped to care for a child, even in utero.