PMS (or Premenstrual Syndrome) is a combination of physical and emotional symptoms that most women experience during the week prior to menstruation. Abdominal massage techniques can help ease those symptoms.
Some of these symptoms include headache, fluid retention, cramping, back pain, breast tenderness, weight gain, constipation, lack of sexual desire, and fatigue.
The symptoms occur because hormone levels rise and fall during a woman's menstrual cycle, rising 1-2 weeks before menstruation, and slowly declining after the period starts.
How can abdominal massage help?
Light abdominal massage, as part of a full body massage,can ease aches and pains associated with the syndrome by increasing blood circulation and lymph flow, and in turn, decreasing fluid retention in muscles, tissues and joints. It also aids in elimination of toxins and calming of the nervous system.