Abdominal Massage

(Arvigo) Mayan Abdominal Massage (www.arvigomassage.com) is like a work-out for your abdomen!  I work on both your front and back making sure that the whole abdominal, pelvic, and sacral area are aligned correctly and that all the arteries, veins, nerves and lymphatic system are invigorated and un-blocked.  The massage also involves assessment of the position of the uterus in the pelvis and the structure of the pelvis in general.  If the uterus is lying out of place, patients can experience symptoms as diverse as:

• Painful periods and/or ovulation
• Irregular periods and/or ovulation
• Constipation at period time
• Stress incontinence at period time
• Spotting before and after menstruation
• Hormonally related headaches
• Painful legs at menstruation

Abdominal massage is also very useful for women who suffer from infertility.  Spotting of brown blood before a period is the most common symptom I treat in this respect - if there is brown blood before your period starts it often indicates that your uterus is misaligned and is not clearing out properly with each period.  This will make it much harder for an embryo to implant in the womb lining the following month. 

I was trained in early 2007 by Rosita Arvigo to perform the Maya Abdominal Massage technique for my patients.  I usually do one massage for you and show you what to do yourself, then a further one or two massages if necessary.   The benefits of this are emotional as well as physical. 

Case study, Abdominal Massage:

I saw Hannah, 37, for fertility issues.  She and her husband had been trying for four years with no success.  At her first consultation she told me that she had three or four days of spotting with brown blood before each period.  I palpated her lower abdomen and diagnosed that her uterus was lying posterior (tilted backwards) and to the left.  As soon as her next period had finished and before she started ovulating, I gave her an abdominal massage to re-position her uterus.  I also showed her how to carry out a short version of the massage daily on herself.  Her next period was heavy with much more brown blood, clots and tissue which she found disconcerting until I reassured her that this is a good result.  The following period had no brown spotting at all, her cycle is perfect and regular with no pain and we are hoping that she will conceive shortly.