Healing Touch is a mobile massage service in New Plymouth, Taranaki, that comes to the client's home. It is set up mainly for pregnant women and new mothers, though the website says the service is open to anyone who needs care. Its area is Spotswood, New Plymouth. Pregnancy massage is described as easing back pain, swollen ankles and muscle tension, and as preparing the body for labour. The postpartum treatment lasts two hours and combines massage, gentle abdominal wrapping and the traditional Closing the Bones ritual, which the website describes as supporting the hips and pelvis after birth. Other treatments include deep tissue massage and Tui Na, a Chinese therapeutic massage, and traditional Chinese massage.
Customers say the massages are therapeutic and excellent, and that the therapist listens to what the client wants. One caters for everything from full relaxation to deep tissue work. Another has had two sessions and plans to book more. A third says the therapist is talented and caring. The service comes to the home, so the client does not need to travel. For a pregnant or postpartum woman in New Plymouth who would rather have care at home, the service is a practical option.