When You Hear “That” Word
There are plenty of diagnoses we don’t want to hear. One of the biggest is “cancer”.
It’s not just what cancer means inside your body. The treatments for cancer are often difficult, disruptive, even grueling. The process can be chaotic and more than a little terrifying.
You don’t have to go through it alone.
There is a special branch of massage therapy called oncology massage. It helps you endure the reality of living with cancer and cancer treatments and living your life as a cancer survivor.
Oncology massage is less of a special technique and more of a knowledge of and appreciation for the complexities, both physical and emotional, of dealing with cancer. Someone practicing oncology massage will use every technique and modality they’ve every learned when necessary. Everything from Swedish to lymph drainage to scar release.