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In The Press
Mama Spa and Spa Chicks On-The-Go have been featured in countless magazines and television shows.
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Health Magazine
December 2005
"Spa Mama"
"Beauty treatments (such as massages and pedicures) that come right to your door, along with the massage table, nail files, and more. "Its tough for pregnant women to travel in the heat or bitter cold", owner Marie Scalogna says. Lie on the comfy "incline pillow as the therapist eases away the tensions in lower back and hips.
TimeOut New York
February 2005
"Special Delivery"
"If your in the family way, Scalogna's sister company Mama Spa offers in-home pre-and postnatal massages, along with treatments for fathers-to-be and partner massage instruction. Between the baby and the rubdowns, you may never leave the house again."
Luxury Spa Finder Magazine
January/February 2005
"Ask Susie"
Recommended for safe prenatal spa treatments
Urban Baby Daily
August 31, 2004
"Showering Indulgences"
"Fair warning: Before baby arrives, indulge yourself while you can. Because once Junior's home, you'll never have a whole Saturday to treat yourself to pedicures and massages again.
So how about this? -- Throw yourself and your friends a spa baby shower through Mama Spa, a prenatal spa that delivers home treatments. The service is owned and operated by Marie Scalogna, a prenatal massage therapist with more than 15 years experience and one of the leading voices behind prenatal spa safety.
Mama Spa will create spa-themed baby showers in your home, a hotel room, or add spa touches to your existing shower. Offering services such as reflexology, massage, mini facials, manicures and pedicures -- customized to suit the needs of your group. Mama Spa will do it all, right down to providing comfy spa robes, slippers and take-home spa-goodie bags for each party guest.
Certainly beats spending the afternoon playing Guess Baby's Birthday and oohing and ahhing over yet another receiving blanket."
Fit Pregnancy
April/May 2004
"Baby your Body"
Get the right rub
“Pregnancy massage should be gentle, and you should always ask for a licensed massage therapist with prenatal experience,” says Marie Scalogna, L.M.T., president of Mama Spa in New York, which provides in-home spa treatments. Before you book this or any treatment, get your doctor’s OK—particularly during your first trimester. More guidelines from Scalogna:
*Don’t assume a cut-out table is best for you; despite accommodating your belly, it may strain your abdomen or lower back. Lying on your side with pillow supports may be better.
*Unless your therapist is a pregnancy reflexology expert, avoid this type of massage right now: Stimulating certain points on your heels, ankles or inner leg is believed to cause contractions.
*Tell your therapist if you’re especially scent-sensitive so she can avoid using pungent oils. Even if you’re not sensitive to smells, certain essential oils, such as peppermint, rosemary and eucalyptus, are off-limits during pregnancy. When in doubt, go with an unscented oil.
Spa Finder Magazine
"Have Spa, Will Travel"
.."Founder Marie Scalogna also created Mama Spa, a mobile spa for New York's pregnant women and new mothers that provides individual treatments and throws spa themed baby showers...".
Child Magazine
April 2004
"The Pampered Pregnancy"
"This New York City based prenatal traveling spa provides treatments in your home, including body scrubbing, pregnancy-safe reflexology and medical massage such as sciatca..."
Day Spa Magazine
March 2004
"Spa Hopping"
"One niche spa that has recently captured my attention is Mama Spa, which deals exculsively with expectant moms (and dads too!). Mama Spa is a "to go" spa, meaning that the therapist travels to the home or office of the the client to offer treatments in the privacy and comfort of that person's personal envirnment - a particular boon to pregnant women who are restrictedto bed rest. Mama Spa offers baby showers events as well.
Founder Marie Scalogna's philosophy was to create a special menu for prenatal moms that offered safe treatments in compliance with prenatal guidlines and trimester precautions. Now, here's a woman who has completely niched her spa's focus to a very limited consumer group, serving only mothers and fathers in waiting. While this narrow focus may seem limiting, guess whose niche spa is garnering an abundance of media and consumer attention?"
www.splendora.com
Rated "Best of New York" Prenatal Program
Spa Magazine
April 2004
"Baby Spa"
"...and New York has Mama Spa. purveyor of in home pregnancy spa services..."
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