Beanstalk Pediatric Massage

Beanstalk Pediatric Massage is owned and operated by Ted Moser, Licensed (MA) Massage Therapist, Certified Infant Massage Teacher, Certified Pediatric Massage Therapist level II. Beanstalk was established as a means to provide services that educate parents/primary caregivers and empower children to have healthy boundaries around touch--to control who touches them, and how, and to not touch others without their consent.

Pediatric Massage is about more than relaxation. The benefits to the developing child are varied and profound. Healthy touch, such as Pediatric Massage, has been clinically shown to increase bone density and muscle growth, promote weight gain and motility, and to support neurological development.

Touch deprivation can have detrimental affects on your child's development. Children need to be touched--more than just held or carried. They need intentional, nurturing touch. Pediatric Massage helps provide for those needs.

Healthy touch can effectively reduce your child's stress. Believe it or not, a child's life is stressful. Imagine if your consciousness was suddenly put into a strange body and you were put in an unfamiliar place where you were totally dependent on people you don't know who speak a language you don't understand. You'd be a nervous, scared, stressed-out wreck . . . or at least I probably would! That kind of stress can easily activate a child's survival mode.

When activated, that survival mode slows the progress of normal development--weight gain, bone density, neurological development, etc. Recent research has associated chronic high-stress, and the associated activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System (survival mode), with significant reductions in the frontal lobes of the brain. These reductions were apparent in brain scans and academic performance. By deactivating your child's Sympathetic Nervous System, Pediatric Massage is an investment in your child's success--well into adulthood.

At Beanstalk Pediatric Massage, your child is never touched without their direct consent. Consent is an important step that empowers your child to have a say in who touches them and what happens to their body. This also teaches them that it's not okay to touch others without permission. During the massage session, "off-limits areas" are avoided. This establishes healthy boundaries around touch that ultimately empower your child against inappropriate or unhealthy touch.

Infant Massage Classes are provided in a 4-class series. Each class is about 45 minutes long with extra time being made available for questions and discussion.

Classes are designed for caregivers of age 3 weeks to 3 years old. This is the prime window for bonding and healthy attachment.

Healthy attachment leads to emotional stability throughout childhood. This makes transitions easier to handle from day-to-day activities and between developmental phases. Emotional stability also helps your child establish and maintain healthy relationships as a child, adolescent, and adult.

In summary, Pediatric Massage helps make sure your child gets the most our of your love and everything else you provide. It helps your child thrive, not just survive!