Prenatal massage in Indiana?

January 4, 2006 6:54 PM

Does anyone have a reccomendation for a great massage therapy place in West Lafayette, Indiana? Preferably a place where they do prenatal massage?

My ideal place would be a nice relaxing atmosphere, perhaps a salon/spa type spot that has both prenatal and swedish/deep tissue massage. It would be great if they had Aveda products and other stuff that smells nice. I'd like to get gift certificates for friends but I don't live there.

If there truly is nothing good in West Lafayette, I would be open to good places in Indianapolis too. But WL would be the best.

Thanks to all!

posted by mulkey to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (2 answers total)

Best answer: Care Chiropractor in Lafayette, IN. *wink wink*
posted by jduckles at 7:51 PM on January 4, 2006

I don't have any suggestions for places, but thought I'd offer some tangential information: there are all kinds of prenatal massages, so make sure you get all the info beforehand.

For example, many places only do side-only massage when you're pregnant - which IMO defeats the purpose of the massage. Personally, I called around until I found a place that had the special massage table for pregnant women (or one of the pregnancy pillow tabletops) so that I could lie on my stomach yet have support for my big belly. If that's what you're looking for as well, here's one more thing to look out for: some of the pregnancy tables have wide elastic bands that criss-cross over the belly-hole. I haven't experienced that myself, but a friend of mine told me the elastic bands don't 'give' nearly enough, so it was basically just like lying flat on her belly and she hated it. Just some food for thought when you do make your calls...
posted by widdershins at 9:48 AM on January 5, 2006