Abdominal self-massage — which includes self-help fertility massage — is increasingly taught around the world and is a self-care treatment designed to stimulate abdominal, emotional, digestive and/or reproductive health, to name the most important applications.
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Just like a regular abdominal massage given by a qualified therapist, abdominal self-massage works mainly on/in the abdominal region, with the abdominal and pelvic muscles and other soft tissues, and with the internal organs.
Additionally, abdominal self-massage can also include applying acupressure on certain points around the feet or abdomen, a form of reflexology, with the idea that these acupressure points can influence the function of internal organs or other body parts positively.
It’s thought that abdomen self-massage can increase blood circulation to the genital and other internal organs, diminish painful cramps and back pains, manage constipation, reduce stress, anxiety and depression, break up adhesions and scar tissue, heal or strengthen the reproductive organs and the endocrine system, and detox the liver, to name some of the health benefits.
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Some well-known abdominal massages, such as, for instance, Chi Nei Tsang or Maya abdominal massage can be learned to be applied on oneself. There are also abdominal self-massages that can be performed without using the hands, such as abdominal breathing, pelvic floor exercises, or yogic techniques like the Uddiyana Bandha and Jathara Parivartanasana.
In any case, you can find a wealth of self-help courses and workshops on the Internet that teach doing general abdominal or fertility massages for one’s own benefit.
Most of these self-massages consist of simplified protocols and techniques, designed for self-care, incorporating light stroking and pressure and targeted clockwise fingertip circles around the navel and wider abdominal area.
However, it’s still advised to officially learn to do abdominal self-massage and not just start with experimenting, because the abdominal cavity is an important, sensitive, and complicated part of our body that needs proper handling.
