Mother Touch Massage

25/10/2025

As a body therapist, we hear too many stories of bad sleeping habits ( and beds) that can wreak havoc on backs and necks.
In addition to this, Turtling can pose as a major issue in the later stages of pregnancy, and short of an over bed pulley, a simple assisted roll over push technique from the bed partner, as demonstrated in the video, can make the 50th trip to the toilet, a much smoother process.

13/09/2025

In the business of making people feel good 😊🙌💕

06/08/2025

Fragrance secrecy is legal due to a giant loophole in the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1973, which requires companies to list cosmetics ingredients on the product labels but explicitly exempts fragrance.

The government is equally uninformed. A review of government records shows that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not assessed the vast majority of these secret fragrance chemicals for safety when used in spray-on personal care products.

To make matters worse, FDA lacks the authority to require manufacturers to test cosmetics for safety, including fragranced products, before they are sold to consumers.

Why the secrecy and why are they untouchable?

Laboratory tests commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and analyzed by Environmental Working Group revealed 38 secret chemicals in 17 name brand fragrance products with the average fragrance product tested contained 14 secret chemicals not listed on the label. Among them are chemicals associated with hormone disruption, reproductive toxicity and a propensity to accumulate in human tissues

For instance, Galaxolide and Tonalide, two synthetic musks, can be detected in the cord blood of newborn babies (EWG 2009). Both musks contaminate people and the environment worldwide, have been associated with toxicity to the endocrine system (van der Burg 2008) and were identified in the majority of products tested.

Similarly, a pregnant woman’s use of some fragrances and other cosmetics frequently may expose her growing fetus to diethyl phthalate (DEP), a common perfume solvent linked to abnormal development of reproductive organs in baby boys and s***m damage in adult men (Washington Toxics Coalition 2009).

New research also links prenatal exposure of DEP to clinically diagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder in children (Engel 2010). This analysis found DEP in 12 of 17 products tested, at levels ranging from 30 parts per million (ppm) to 32,000 ppm in Eternity for Women.

EWG summary article and Link to the full PDF:
https://www.ewg.org/research/not-so-sexy Not So Sexy | Environmental Working Group

See movie Stink that was pulled from Netflix:
https://youtu.be/Gxd-o4WZtrI?si=PFtCPaB3nvj8hD0K

Also: SAFE COSMETICS :
https://www.safecosmetics.org/e

Laboratory tests commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and analyzed by EWG revealed 38 secret chemicals in 17 name brand fragrance products, topped by American Eagle Seventy Seven with 24, Chanel Coco with 18, and Britney Spears Curious and Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio with 17.

22/07/2025

One day you will shine in someone’s eyes, and they in yours.

06/05/2025

It’s that other wonderful time of the year again, when we get a new mug, PJs, socks, a plant, and ….a massage of course💕

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03/05/2025

Structural changes are very very real for pregnancy beyond the obvious bump. .

Your back is wider.

Your shoulders wider

Hips wider.

You need more pillows to level up and even out

A lot of damage can be done when sleeping when all your angles and planes have changed and your props have not.

And well, the feet…😬.

Structural changes can be a while to get back to closer to normal… but your feet… 😬😢

Im not sure anyone’s ever goes back if they’ve grown (longer and wider ).

Can anyone say there’s have, I’d like to hear? 🤷🏻‍♀️

30/04/2025

Can you spare a nappy for a little one who needs it? Donate now to the Clean Bums for Little Ones campaign!

From 28 April to 23 May, aims to collect 500,000 new and leftover disposable nappies for 15,000 families who desperately need them.

Whether it’s just a single nappy or a whole pack, every nappy counts and every donation makes a difference.

Disposable nappies can be new or leftover from already opened packs. Reusable nappies must be brand new in original packaging.

Drop yours off and be part of the Clean Bums for Little Ones campaign! Together, we can bring comfort to little ones who need it most.

With 900 collection points around Australia, find your nearest one at https://thenappycollective.com

If you are dropping off in clinic, bring them with you to your treatment or message to ensure we will be open.

https://www.thenappycollective.com/clean-bums-campaign-2025

14/04/2025

We are open, but spots are limited.

27/03/2025

It’s good to see the Anatomy of your discomfort so you can connect and feel inwards and give reason.

Amazing stabilising and suspension mechanism, right there.

13/02/2025

Completed the 25hr course on Womens Pelvic Health by Advanced Clinical Education, learning all the current research, guidelines and advice in this specialised area for practitioners.

People from up and down the east coast flew in to attend this one from@many modalities.

Feeling super informed and up to date and confident I am doing the best I can for my clients within my scope, knowing the latest screening questions, tools and techniques and when to refer to my allied colleagues.

04/02/2025

Yep, you better believe it! Massage is deemed as “Active Recovery” .

The physical manipulation of muscles
promotes relaxation and repair and improves circulation, so oxygen and nutrients are delivered to muscles, in-turn reducing muscle soreness and discomfort and enhancing flexibility and joint mobility for injury prevention and overall functional
and athletic performance.

And not to mention the stress release. When you can simply put things aside, for a blissful moment of active inactivity. .

And you might even nod off. 🫶