Many people with cancer wonder whether any complementary therapies can help them.

The answer is yes.

Mental well-being and strength are important elements of cancer recovery. Massage is an excellent way to help manage stress and build a positive, empowered approach to your health.

Massage is not a cure for cancer, but it may help to diminish the side effects of conventional treatments. Massage is one of the most popular complementary therapies - often used in conjunction with conventional mainstream medicine treatments.

Massage can help us sleep, increase our sense of well-being and induce calm - reducing stress and tension. It is important to think about these areas of our health when undergoing a medical procedure, before surgery, or when we experience discomfort or anxiety,

Comfort-oriented massage helps to lower anxiety and pain, reduce fatigue, regulate depression, and decrease nausea. Additionally, massage can improve sleep patterns, lessen nerve damage disturbances, raise mental alertness and bring about sudden improvements in how we perceive our quality of life.

Many clients have found that oncology massage also relieves the discomfort of a medical procedure.

Massage is a powerful expression of care, acceptance and emotional nourishment. Massage and other gentle bodywork techniques that focus on the positive effects of human touch are very popular complementary therapies.

Please click to read client testimonials from our cancer massage customers.

Massage techniques used for cancer clients are different from other massage techniques. Primarily, the pressure of treatments is adjusted for each person, and also the pace of the techniques are altered:
Lighter and slower… lighter and slower… lighter and slower.

Oncology Massage is not used to work out knots, detox the body, or increase the range of motion being experienced.

Comfort-oriented massage can safely be given to people at all stages of their cancer journey. Science supports that proper massage techniques are not harmful to any cancer client.

Researchers have shown that the development and spread of cancer is as a result of genetic mutations (changes to a cell’s DNA) and other processes in the body.

Please do not worry that massage will help spread cancer cells through the body via the lymphatic system. The circulation of lymph from massage, or other movement, does not cause cancer to spread.

To learn more about cancer and the safe benefits of massage, visit expert sources like the Cancer Council of NSW to find additional information about massage and cancer.

Rainesforest Massage & Day Spa has several therapists who have undergone oncology massage training through the Quest for Life Foundation Australia. These therapists have significant life experience, and feel privileged to help care for any client with cancer.