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Enjoy this opportunity to learn about latest evidence-based practices for safe and effective oncology massage practices for cancer patients. Learn about safe skin care, helpful relaxation techniques and beneficial movement therapies that help increase a patient's quality of life during treatment for cancer.
Oncology Massage Therapists understand the complex medical conditions that affect a patient during cancer treatment. Patients may get help with the adverse side effects of treatment due to surgery, chemotherapy and radiaton treatment when an Oncology Massage Therapist designs a massage to fit their treatment regime. Even with nodal dissection or the diagnosis of lymhpedema, a trained Oncology Massage Therapist can plan a massage that offers comfort, compassionate touch and an opportunity to remember how massage offers a sense of remembered wellness, while at the same time taking precautions for the affected limb. Our training allows a patient this opportunity to be safely treated as a whole person.
Even after treatment is finished, modifications must be considered when receiving a massage or other spa treatment. Precautions must be taken at spas that offer so many services that might cause harm.
This web-site has been designed for patients to gather information that shows the benefits of safe, compassionate and appropriate massage during and after treatment for cancer when performed by a trained Oncology Massage Therapist. Understanding the benefits of massage and other complementary cares, along with a patient's medical care, helps the quality of survivorship for patients. Sit back and relax and enjoy the information that this site has to offer. Share this web site with your friends and family members, so that they can benefit with a caring touch during treatment for cancer. There is no greater time for the need to be touched then when one hears the diagnosis of cancer.
"Thank you Toni...for touching my life" I have spent the past 8 years training with oncology massage educators around the country. As a Certified Lebed Method ® Instructor I encourage my patients to continue to move throughout their treatment. The power of music and movement restores the body. As an Oncology Massage Therapist and Lebed Method Instructor I have see first hand how the benefits of touch and movement therapy can help a patient cope with the side effects of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
As a founding member of the Society for Oncology Massage I am proud to be part of an international organization that promotes safe massage for patients in treatment for cancer by qualified Oncology Massage Therapists with training in oncology massage. http://www.s4om.org/
In my spare time I am a potter, which means if I am not creating in clay with my hands, I am creating a State of Bliss for patients.
Toni Muirhead, LMT , Oncology Massage Therapist, Certified Lebed Method Instructor
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