Children's health is the most important thing in the life of parents. To the question of the development and health of the baby should be approached with all seriousness and responsibility. On how right the measures parents will take in the first years of a child's life, his life depends. Experts believe that in the first year of life a child, like plasticine, needs to invest in it, time, energy. In this period, the foundation is laid, with which he will live his whole life. With a child you need to deal with, regardless of whether he was born healthy or with abnormalities (large or small).
An important and necessary procedure for a newborn baby, as well as for older children, is massage. It has a beneficial effect on the baby's body. Massage promotes blood circulation, the work of the entire cardiovascular system, as well as the musculoskeletal and nervous system. In order to massage a baby for up to a year, you can hire a specialist who has the skills of this procedure at a professional level, or try to do it yourself.
It is worth noting that no matter how good the massage specialist, no one can replace the warm mother's hands. Remember that massage, especially for newborn babies, is not just a healing procedure, it is also the communication of the child with the mother.
Types of massage and therapeutic effect of massage
There are several types of massage - preventive, corrective, curative. Prophylactic massage is recommended to perform for the full development of the child's organism, it begins to be done in the period when the child is 1.5-2 months old. Parents can perform this type of massage themselves or seek professional help. However, it is recommended to consult a pediatrician before starting the massage procedure on your own.
Corrective and therapeutic massages are prescribed by a pediatrician. What kind of complex of procedures will enter into them depends on the pathology revealed in the baby.
By the age of 2 months the child must be examined by an orthopedist or surgeon, according to the results of such an examination, and this or that type of massage is prescribed.
Do not neglect the recommendations of doctors and if massage is prescribed, bring the baby to the procedure. This is especially important in the first year of the baby's life, since it really helps to cope with many health problems.
Very effective massage with diseases of the musculoskeletal system (clubfoot, dysplasia, flatfoot, scoliosis), with respiratory system diseases (bronchitis, pleurisy, rhinitis, bronchial asthma), with therapeutic diseases (rickets, hernia, krivoshe, hypotrophy, hyper- and hypotension), with diseases of the digestive system, as well as the nervous system.
In case the child was born prematurely, has a certain disease, pediatrician consultation is not recommended, but mandatory.
Do not self-medicate, trust professionals.
Contraindications to massage
Massage is contraindicated if a child has any of the following diseases: acute fever, purulent and other inflammatory lesions of skin epithelium, subcutaneous fat in the acute phase, as well as inflammatory processes in the lymph nodes, muscles, bone tissue (pemphigus, eczema, lymphadenitis, osteomyelitis, impetigo, phlegmon, etc.). Massage is contraindicated in diseases that lead to fragility and tenderness of bones, acute forms of rickets, acute forms of arthritis, tuberculosis of joints and bones, congenital heart defects, acute jade forms, hepatitis of various etiologies, with large inguinal, hip, umbilical and scrotal hernias , accompanied by loss of abdominal organs or a tendency to infringe them. In other cases, in the presence of hernias, it is possible to do a massage, but with mandatory fixation of her plaster bandage.
Always remember that if a child has any health problems, massage procedures should be carried out in strict accordance with the indications and prescriptions of the attending physician, and exclusively with the participation of a specialist - a child's masseur.