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Massage Therapy for People Living with Cancer
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| Increased relaxation | Sounder sleep |
| Decreased anxiety | Decreased muscle tension |
| Decreased pain (less need for meds) | Decreased nausea |
| Reduced feelings of isolation | Relief from pre-op anxiety |
| Post-op flushing of anesthetics | Shorter hospital stays |
| Increased effectiveness of other treatments | Better connection with your body as it changes |
| Sense of participation in your own healing process | Intimacy & personal contact with family & friends |
| Reduced risk of DVTs | Improved mood/outlook |
| Increased NK cells/immune function | Moisturized skin & less bed sores |
| ….and many, many more… |
If you’d like to learn more about massage therapy and Cancer, please check out these wonderful resources:
Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People Living with Cancer by Gayle MacDonald; Findhorn Press, 1999.
From the Heart Through the Hands: The Power of Touch in Caregiving by Dawn Nelson; Findhorn Press, 1993.
www.tracywalton.com
www.cancer.org
www.miami.edu/touch-research
To schedule an appointment, call 703-558-5454.
And ask to be seen at Virginia Hospital Center
We are located just off the new lobby of the 1701 building
“No single therapeutic agent can be compared in efficiency with this familiar, but perfect tool…The Human Hand. If half as much research had been expended on the principles governing manual treatment as upon pharmacology, the hand would be esteemed today on a part with drugs in acceptability and power.” -J. Madison Taylor
