massage and bodywork professionals
Massage And Breast Cancer and breast health issues
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Great workshop coming up in Hanover, NH
I'm posting this information to different groups here in hopes of reaching a broad audience of ABMP members. I wanted to let people know about a workshop coming up in April. It's a 14-CEU workshop in New Hampshire called “Cancer, Trauma, Presence, Touch,” scheduled for Friday-Sunday, April 10-12.…
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Wanting to add breast massage to my practice
I've been a massage therapist for almost 8 years. Several years ago I decided I want to teach women about self breast massage. I became a certified lymphedema therapist to help understand the lymphatic system. I have yet to take a breast massage class, but I'm anxious to onc work that much so I…
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CE training: Massage and Breast Cancer Boulder and Chicago
What EVERY massage therapist NEEDS to know about massage for clients living with breast cancer.Massage Therapy Supports Healing from Breast CancerTimes and DatesBoulder, CO:Fri & Sat, October 28,29 2011: 9am-6pm Sun, October 30th: 9am-5pm Location TBA Chicago, Illinois Fri & Sat, Jan 20th…
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Is working with clients who under go chemo therapy safe for us as MTs?
Right after treatment I tend to do more Shiatsu and less skin to skin.There is a chance that we get some of the drugs through skin to skin contact but its pretty minimal. This is another good reason to wait a few days after chemo before client can receives a massage.Your thoughts and experiences?
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Breast health issues in breast massage
Dear Therapists, One of my regular clients, who is a generally healthy 50+ yr old, opened up during our last session to share that she has had life-long breast health issues: cysts, reoccurring mastitis, and recently a lump - which biopsy found to be benign - and then it disappeared on its own.…
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Massage Benefits Women with Breast Cancer
Massage therapy reduced depression, anxiety and anger in women with breast cancer, and increased their levels of dopamine, serotonin, natural killer cells and lymphocytes, according to recent research."Breast cancer patients have improved immune and neuroendocrine functions following massage…
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Cancer Death of Clients
I have several clients with cancer. To date two of them did not make it. Not to sound callous but do you have any advice on how to minimize the heartbreak you feel for cancer patients that do not make it? I would like to continue working with cancer patients but the heartbreak is very hard to deal…
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Massage Therapists and Breast Care: Easing the Controversy
By Bruno Chikly, MD, DO (hon.)Bruno Chikly, MD, DO (hon) is a graduate of the medical school at Saint Antoine Hospital in France, where his internship in general medicine included training in endocrinology, surgery, neurology and psychiatry. He is author of the first comprehensive book in North…
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Massage Versus Relaxation for Breast Cancer
Women with breast cancer who received massage therapy showed a significant increase in both beneficial natural-killer cells and dopamine levels, and a significant decrease in long-term anxiety, as compared to women who received relaxation therapy, according to a recent study."Breast Cancer Women…
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Female Breast Massage for Better Health
Besides feeling nice for both the man and women :)Breast Massage therapy has been proven to assist in promoting healthy breast tissue, reduce fibroids and cysts, relieve the pain and discomfort associated with PMS or from compression from bras, relieving the pain and tension from stress in the…
