16 CEs | Essentials of Oncology Massage: Skilled Touch for the Spa - Instructor Lin Roussel | $275 (1)
Wed, Jun 24
|Brownstone Station Wellness Center
2 day class June 23rd and 24th 9am tll 5pm. Massage therapy for individuals with cancer used to be contraindicated. Nowadays with the right training and experience, massage therapists can safely use skilled touch to help soothe pain, discomfort, insomnia, anxiety, and much more!
Time & Location
Jun 24, 2020, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Brownstone Station Wellness Center, 320 E 2nd St, Hummelstown, PA 17036, USA
About the Event
Contact LIn to register at www.massagecesolutions.com
NCBTMB #451426-10
(717) 271-6669
Massage therapy for individuals with cancer used to be contraindicated. Nowadays with the right training and experience, massage therapists can safely use skilled touch to help soothe pain, discomfort, insomnia, anxiety, and much more! In this two-day comprehensive course, we focus on what we CAN DO for those living with cancer or are in early remission, and safe techniques used to not only touch someone physically, but spiritually and emotionally as well. Also taught in this class are precautions, contraindications, considerations, safety for the therapist and the client, medication guidelines, and how the mind-body connection is so important in this work. Safe techniques for lymphedema, neuropathy, and touch for the medically frail, as well as draping and positioning, are demonstrated and practiced. Self-awareness exercises, short videos and readings, guest speakers, and discussions about personal experiences with cancer round out this…