Skilled touch is beneficial at nearly every stage of the cancer experience, during hospitalization, the pre- or post-operative period, in the outpatient clinic, during chemotherapy and radiation, recovery at home, remission, or cure and in the end stages of life.*
Recommended by: - American Cancer Society - Society for Integrative Oncology - LiveStrong
Benefits during treatment: - Reduces short-term pain, anxiety, fatigue, feelings of isolation - Enhances mood - Contributes to better rest - Improves perception of treatment - May decrease nausea - Reduces anxiety and depression
Benefits post treatment: - Restores a feeling of wholeness to the body - Increases range of motion and suppleness to areas affected by surgery and radiation - Stress reduction/ restorative rest - Pain reduction**
Offered at many cancer centers: - Moore's Cancer Center at UCSD - MD Anderson Cancer Center - Oregon Health & Science University - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
*Gayle MacDonald, MS, LMT, Author of “Medicine Hands: Massage for People Living with Cancer” **Society for Oncology Massage