About
Meet Your Massage Therapist
Deanna Nicole Townsend
Owner and Founder
Deanna Nicole Townsend is a licensed medical massage therapist, certified prenatal massage therapist, and Certified Massage Doula who offers pain relief and emotional support to pregnant women throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the owner of Deanna’s Massage Hands and Cincinnati Prenatal Massage.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, she is her mother’s youngest child and her father’s eldest, with a total of four siblings. Her love for massage started at a young age when she began offering her mom leg and foot massages after her long shifts at work. Her mother would always express her gratitude and tell Deanna that she had a gift of natural healing touch. She called her the “golden child.” After each of their massage sessions, Deanna started to notice an increase in her mother’s energy and an extra pep in her step. Her aches and pains began to diminish. Her sleep improved. Her energy began to glow around her.
Her persistent expressions of gratitude guided Deanna to her purpose, which is to provide gentle healing through touch. “Dee’s Hands” provides peace, love, health, energy, and vitality to the mind, body, and spirit. Her love for offering pain relief to pregnant women began in 2018 after giving her first prenatal massage. Her pregnant clients expressed feeling more bonded with their baby and at peace during their pregnancy.
Now, Deanna has focused her attention on the physical and psychological well-being of pregnant and postpartum women. She draws on her education to provide holistic healing services with a healing touch and aromatherapy.
Experience Cincinnati Prenatal Massage
Cincinnati Prenatal Massage is a privately black-owned massage office that focuses on providing pain relief and holistic healing for pregnant women and new mothers. We believe all women should have access and resources to holistic health care services that provide positive health results to their mind and body as they transition through pregnancy and motherhood.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Receiving frequent prenatal massages provide an experience of ease, relaxation, safety, comfort, strength and endurance throughout pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
Massage is a therapeutic, completely safe, natural, drug-free method of relieving the low back of aches and pains.
Pregnancy massage reduces prematurity, low birthweight, and postpartum depression.
Decreases anxiety and stress hormones during pregnancy.
Helps prepare the body for delivery by loosening the pelvis and ridding the body of excess tension prior to the onset of labor.
Promotes the movement of blood and lymph, which assists the heart and reduces swelling
Alleviates stress on weight bearing joints of the ankles, knees, hips, and pelvis.
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Prenatal massages are different from normal massages. To receive the safest and most beneficial pregnancy massage, changes in massage techniques and training are required. Every system of the human body is affected by pregnancy, and most of these systems both require, and benefit from, changes in massage technique and focus.
Expect to be in a side-lying, fetal position. This position allows the massage therapist to access your hip, IT band, piriformis, and sciatic nerve areas, which are often the areas causing strain during pregnancy.
You’ll be supported by a bolster system that will support your legs and hips, abdomen (baby bump), head, and neck. This will align your entire body safely and comfortably.
Undress to your comfort level. You will be covered and draped by a top sheet that will ensure privacy and comfort throughout the massage.
Your breast will be draped for the optional choice of an abdomen massage.
Customize your massage. This is YOUR time to practice mindfulness, rest your body, and relax your mind. Select your choice of music, level of conversation, and where you would like your massage therapist to spend more time and focus on.
Cream or lotion will be used during the massage. Your skin is more prone to breakouts during pregnancy, and oil tends to clog your pores more easily than lotion or cream.
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Each massage at Cincinnati Prenatal Massage are planned based on the client’s goals. Each treatment is communicated thoroughly during a face-to-face consultation between the client and massage therapist. We practice the three C’s: Communication, Comprehension, and Consent.
Each massage will leave you with a sense of complete comfort and relaxation for both your mind and body. Even in labor, I will provide the same nurturing touch that comforts you and prepares your body for childbirth. And during your postpartum, I am here to provide you with the touch of healing and relaxation.
Schedule your free consultation and Come Visit Cincinnati Prenatal Massage and get a massage to see if the flow and style is right for you. And if you’re unable to come to us during 0-12 weeks postpartum, we will come to you and offer the same quality massage right in your home.
Who We Serve
Pregnant
Women
WHO WE SERVE
5-42 weeks pregnant
Prenatal Massages for Pregnant Women
Reduce physical & mental tension, experience peace & comfort during pregnancy. Relax in a comfortable side-lying position that supports your neck, shoulders, hips, and low back, making it the ideal lying position for maximum comfort at any stage in pregnancy.
CLIENTELE
Expectant pregnant women
WEEKS
5-42 wks pregnant
New
Moms
WHO WE SERVE
0-12 weeks postpartum
Postpartum Massages for Pregnant Women
Physical healing and strengthening during the first 6-12 weeks postpartum. Offering massages to women who have given birth vaginally and through C-section.
Through energy work and soft tissue manipulation, C-section remediation services are offered to mothers who are no more than 12 weeks postpartum.
CLIENTELE
New Moms
WEEKS
0-12 wks postpartum
Women
Services
WHO WE SERVE
Non-pregnant clients
(Anyone who isn’t pregnant)
Massage Therapy for
Non-Pregnant Women
Whether you’re a mother, have been pregnant, or have never been pregnant, this service is for women who are looking for high-quality massage therapy services. Focusing on soft-tissue manipulation to release tension from previous injuries, current adhesions, muscular and ligament discomfort. Customize your massage to be a full-body relaxation massage, a clinically focused massage, or a combination of both.
CLIENTELE
All Women
WEEKS
5-42 wks pregnant