Massage for Cancer patients

Oncology Massage

Massage is an essential component to a person living with cancer.

• Massage eases anxiety
• Massage is nurturing & balancing
• Massage decreases cancer related fatigue
• Massage minimizes the side effects of chemotherapy & radiation
• Massage enhances quality of life

"I've had enough pain, now it is time to feel good" - Cancer patient, as told to Cheryl Chapman, one of the pioneers in Oncology Massage.

According to Gayle MacDonald, author of Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with Cancer. “Cancer treatment places a heavy toxin load on the body, which massage can help eliminate,” said MacDonald. “However, too much too fast may be more than the client’s body can comfortably handle. Skilled touch is beneficial at nearly every stage of the cancer experience, during hospitalization, the pre- or postoperative period, in the out-patient clinic, during chemotherapy and radiation, recovery at home, remission or cure, and in the end stage of life.”

While hospitalized, some appropriate techniques include cranialsacral therapy, polarity therapy, reiki and Therapeutic Touch. MacDonald said no matter how severe the cancer treatment’s side effects, a way can always be found to administer some type of bodywork. According to massage therapist and former oncology nurse Cheryl Chapman, while it’s important to receive touch from a qualified practitioner who has worked with cancer patients before, “Touch is always appropriate—there isn’t anyone who is untouchable.”

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