2. NATIONALLY CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE AND BODYWORK
3. DIVERSELY TRAINED IN MASSAGE THERAPY AND BODYWORK
4. LISTENS TO YOUR DESIRES AND YOUR BODY”S NEEDS.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT MY MASSAGE THERAPIST IS TRAINED IN ONCOLOGY MASSAGE?
AS YOU KNOW, CANCER CHANGES YOUR BODY. NOT ONLY THE CELLS THAT WERE CANCEROUS, BUT YOUR ENTIRE BODY HAS BEEN AFFECTED. CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION AND CANCER ITSELF, ALL COMPROMISE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND YOUR BODY SYSTEMS. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL ALL THE AFFECTS, YOU BONE STRUCTURE AND ORGANS, INCLUDING SKIN, MAY BE COMPRISED.
A MASSAGE THERAPIST SPECIFICALLY TRAINED IN ONCOLOGY MASSAGE, IS AWARE OF POSSIBLE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE AVOIDED.
ONCOLOGY MASSAGE IS A SLOW GENTLE MASSAGE TO OFFER RELAXATION AND COMFORT TO SOOTHE THE CLIENT.
YOUR SITUATION IS ACCESSED AND YOUR MASSAGE IS MODIFIED FOR YOUR COMFORT AND SAFETY.
THE PRESSURE AND SPEED OF YOUR MASSAGE IS VERY LIGHT AND SLOW, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST MASSAGE.
WE WORK WITH LYPHEDEMA AND THE ACCUMULATION OF CHEMO IN HANDS AND FEET.
WE TREAT YOU WITH COMPASSION, RESPECT AND CONCERN.
WHAT IS ONCOLOGY MASSAGE?
ONCOLOGY MASSAGE IS A VERY GENTLE SLOW MASSAGE THAT IS FOCUSED ON WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR TREATMENT, EFFECTS, SIDE EFFECTS, AND SYMPTOMS; ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH. IT IS FOR THOSE STILL FIGHTING THE DISEASE, HOSPICE PATIENTS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE CONQUERED IT. OUR INTAKE WILL BE EVEN MORE RIGOROUS THAN OTHER CLIENTS. OUR TREATMENT WILL BE EVEN MORE SPECIFIC. WE WILL MAKE ANY NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO DELIVER A RELAXING PALLIATIVE MASSAGE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP YOU SLEEP BETTER, RELAX MORE, REDUCE PAIN AND JUST MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER!
I‘VE HAD ONCOLOGY MASSAGES, BUT RECENT TESTS REFLECT, CANCER IS GONE! CAN I GET REGULAR MASSAGES?
ALTHOUGH, YOU MAY NO LONGER PRESENT WITH CANCER, YOUR BODY HAS, NO DOUBT, UNDERGONE SOME VERY INTENSE TREATMENTS. IT IS STILL SENSITIVE AND COMPROMISED. A RECOMMENDATION OF ONCOLOGY MASSAGE FOR ONE MORE YEAR IS RECOMMENDED.
CAN I GET A MASSAGE IF I HAVE CANCER? SOMEONE TOLD ME IT WOULD SPREAD
CANCER AND MASSAGE HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED AND FOUND TO BE SOOTHING TO CANCER PATIENTS. IT HELPS IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE, IT RELAXES YOU, AIDS IN SLEEP, AID IMMUNE FUNCTION AS WELL AS RELIEVES PAIN, ANXIETY AND FATIGUE. IT MAY EVEN DECREASE NAUSEA. YOU WILL NEED YOUR DOCTORS WRITTEN PERMISSION, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH, A DECADE AGO, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT MASSAGE MAY SPREAD THE DISEASE; METASTASIS IS COMPLICATED, BUT RESEARCHERS NOW KNOW THAT INCREASING THE CIRCULATION, WHICH MASSAGE ACHIEVES, INCREASED CIRCULATION DOES NOT CAUSE METASTASIS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR DOCTOR’S APPROVAL AND CHOSE A THERAPIST THAT HAS BEEN TRAINED IN ONCOLOGY MASSAGE.