Gaelen Gibson, RMT

Wondering whether treatment during pregnancy could help support you?

My approach to pregnancy care is centered on understanding how you’re feeling and creating treatments tailored to ease discomfort and help you feel your best throughout each stage of pregnancy. Supportive treatments may help with:

〰 Overall comfort and wellbeing
〰 Back and pelvic pain
〰 Heartburn and digestion discomfort
〰 Improved sleep and relaxation
〰 Body and pelvic alignment to support birth preparation
〰 Uterine and round ligament discomfort

If you’re looking for support during your pregnancy, please send me a message or contact me through my website.

A gentle reminder that holding your newborn for naps is perfectly normal 💤

As new parents, it’s so easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the advice and information out there about what you “should” or “shouldn’t” be doing. But if your baby needs closeness and support to sleep, know that this is biologically normal and deeply comforting for them.

Newborns may take 5–6 short naps throughout the day, and that’s okay. Nap length is often less important than making sure your little one isn’t staying awake too long between sleeps.

So soak in the cuddles, trust your instincts, and do what feels right for your baby and your family. These sleepy newborn days go by so quickly 🤍

“Breastfeeding is a connection as well as a food source, a baby’s first human relationship, designed to gentle him into the world with far more than just immune factors and good nutrition.”

- Excerpt from ‘The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding’ by La Leche League International

If you’re looking for support in your breastfeeding journey, please send me a message or contact me through my website.

Is your little one breathing through their mouth while sleeping?

Just like with adults, mouth breathing isn’t ideal for babies. It can be a sign of underlying issues and may impact their development.

👉 Try this gentle tip:
Lightly press your index finger under your baby’s chin for a few seconds. This helps their mouth close and encourages the tongue to rest on the roof of the mouth—right where it should be!

Research shows that nose breathing and tongue position is essential for your baby’s mental and physical development.

If you’re finding your baby is still struggling with nose breathing and you need support with their sleep, I’d love to help. Contact me via my website–link in bio.

A simple swap for healthier baby hips 💡

During diaper changes, try this:
✨ Instead of lifting your baby by their legs, gently guide them into a relaxed “frog-leg” position to raise their bum.

This small shift helps support natural hip development (especially in newborns) and keeps unnecessary strain off those tiny joints.

New parents aren’t meant to do everything on their own. There are so many changes happening during the postpartum period, from adjusting to the new life with a newborn, to the physical recovery and healing.

A postpartum support team is essential for new parents, and is personal to the individual, however can be comprised of having help and support in a few different areas:

〰 Professional support: healthcare providers, doulas, midwifes, specialists RMT’s and more.
〰 Emotional support: people to talk to and be social with including friends, family or a partner.
〰 Emotional support: support that is able to help you with everyday tasks and errands such as preparing meals, or doing the laundry.

Do you have a postpartum team in place?

Did you know your breath can support your lymphatic flow?

Deep belly (diaphragmatic) breathing gently stimulates the lymphatic system—helping keep things moving while also calming the nervous system. It’s a simple practice with powerful benefits: less stress, better circulation, and a moment to reset.

Here are a few simple how-to steps for diaphragmatic breathing:

1️⃣ Lie comfortably on your back, knees bent
2️⃣ One hand on your chest, one on your belly
3️⃣ Inhale slowly through your nose, filling your lower belly
4️⃣ Exhale through pursed lips, letting your belly soften inward

Have you tried deep belly breathing yet?

One of the key areas I focus on in my practice is breast health.

Breasts are constantly changing with our monthly hormones fluctuations and life stages. This can lead to tenderness, congestion, and discomfort. The lymphatic system can become sluggish, and the natural weight of the breasts can even influence posture and how we carry ourselves.

During breastfeeding, challenges like engorgement, ni**le pain, mastitis, plugged ducts, or milk supply concerns are also common.

Massage therapy can support these experiences by helping to improve lymphatic flow, reduce discomfort, address scarring, and help to restore ease and mobility in the body.

If you’re curious about how this work might support you, I’d love to connect. Learn more at gaelengibson.com ✨

Women’s bodies start changing at puberty in very different ways than men. 

The issues that a young girl may face are different than issues a young woman, of a woman in her reproductive years, of a woman who is in menopause.

Many of the stages of women’s bodies are there to be able to accommodate birth, without them, none of us would be here. In order for birth to occur, our bodies must expand and contract on a monthly basis, building and sluicing endometrial tissue, hormones have to ebb and flow and other body parts change in response. We are complex!

With tissue restriction, uterine ligaments shortened on one side for example, the uterus is pulled from centre, this could cause symptoms. The cascade of issues MAY be:

〰 Pain during me**es
〰 Heavy me**es
〰 Back pain
〰 SI joint pain
〰 Bladder issues
〰 Constipation
〰 Knee pain

I say MAY because we, as human beings, are phenomenally adaptable and can have anatomical anomalies which never give us any trouble. But when we have gone the traditional route of trying to sort out pelvic pain or back pain, it is worth starting the journey of looking to the organs and their attachments to get relief.

If you’re interested in learning more about my forms of treatment and how I can help, visit my website.