A pregnant woman lying on a massage table, resting with her eyes closed, covered in a black towel, in a dimly lit room with candles and plants in the background.
A pregnant woman lying on a massage table, resting with her eyes closed, covered in a black towel, in a dimly lit room with candles and plants in the background.

Maternity Massage & Physiotherapy Manawatū offers a bespoke pregnancy and postnatal massage and women’s health physiotherapy service, thoughtfully designed to support you through all of lives challenges. Combining over 20 years of hands-on massage expertise, an advanced understanding of the changing body and clinical experience , you can be confident that you are in safe and knowledgeable hands.

Along side Maternity Massage, deep tissue and scar therapy are available to support movement and aid recovery.

Pregnancy Massage - Relaxation

Postnatal Massage - Rest & Recover

Pregnancy Massage - Aches & Pains

Scar Therapy - C-section & Hysterectomy

Deep tissue / Sports Massage‍ ‍

Illustration of a pregnant woman showing her muscular, skeletal, and internal anatomy with a visible fetus inside her womb.
Illustration of a pregnant woman showing her muscular, skeletal, and internal anatomy with a visible fetus inside her womb.

Kimberley Khanna

  • During my massage training I fell in love with Anatomy & Physiology, and having never been studious, this was quite a shock! After working in spas in Scotland and New Zealand, I returned to England (and met my future husband on the flight home!!) to study for a degree in Physiological Science.

    After graduating, I combined my academic knowledge and massage experience, to help shape the future of trainees, by becoming a lecturer on the massage course where it had all began, in 2003.

    Fast forward, and following the birth of my two daughters, which included a plethora of pregnancy and postnatal complications, my focus shifted towards women's health.

    I established a specialist pregnancy and postnatal practice in rural Somerset, combining massage therapy, exercise and education. I wanted to support every women that came to my studio and would often refer clients to pelvic health physiotherapy as, at the time, this was beyond my scope of practice.

    Another spark was lit! I closed my business, worked as a physiotherapy assistant at Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge, during the COVID-19 pandemic, returned to university for the 3rd time, gained an MSc in Physiotherapy and completed further post-graduate training in pelvic health.

    In 2024, my family and I fulfilled a long-held dream of returning to New Zealand and have now settled on the outskirts of Palmerston North.

    In addition to my role as an MSK & Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, I am excited to be launching Maternity Massage Manawatū.

(BSc, PGCert, MSc)

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“My training in Massage therapy begin in 2003. What was supposed to be a qualification that would allow me to work in spas around the world, instead turned my world upside down”!

WOMEN’S HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY ‍

Qualifications

Compilation of logos and text representing various educational programs and certifications related to health and physiotherapy, including diplomas, bachelor's, master's, postgraduate certificates, and training in pelvic health and pregnancy wellness from multiple institutions.