General Pediatric Massage Benefits
Specific benefits for specific diagnoses or conditions are located under the “Specific Diagnosis” tab.
“Touch therapy is one of the best ways to heal the insults to the body, mind, and spirit.”
~Gayle MacDonald, author
Children of all ages, with a variety of health care needs, benefit from massage and touch therapy sessions by CPMTs.
Parents, caregivers and families, Health Care Practitioners, Educators and Instructors also benefit from a child who receives massage or touch therapy from a CPMT.
Pediatric massage and touch therapy are shown to:
- improve parent/child interaction
- improve focus and attention span
- improve long-range emotional and cognitive development
- reduce pain
- reduce anxiety and tension
- improve GI function
- improve sleep patterns
- promote healing
- and improve respiratory function
Tahoe Pediatric Massage was created by Wendy Rolfe-Cook, an internationally Certified Pediatric Massage Therapist (CPMT) Nationally Certified for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.
In order to be inclusive, masculine and feminine pronouns have been used.
The information on this website is a compilation of personal experience, interviews, education, and research and is not intended to diagnose a condition or disorder or provide medical advice. It is intended to show the possible and often documented benefits of massage or touch therapy for children.