Touch Therapies

 for the Oncology Client

 

oncology-massage.com

 

Touch Therapies support/nurture body and soul from diagnosis through treatment (surgery/chemo/radiation) and into the recovery phase of the journey.

Touch Therapies specific for the person with a cancer diagnosis differ from standard massage therapy, and Bonnie May Barlow has received rigorous specialized advanced training. 

Be supported and nurtured by a qualified experienced professional. 

 

   Potential benefits of Touch (Massage) Therapies for cancer patients:*

  • Decreases symptoms related to chemotherapy and radiation such as fatigue, nausea, diarrhea and loss of appetite
  • Increases the effectiveness of other treatments such as pain medication, physical therapy or a medical procedure
  • Increases circulation
  • Provides pain relief
  • Decreases anxiety and depression
  • Increases circulation
  • Increases range of motion
  • Relieves muscle soreness
  • Decreases edema
  • Increases alertness and mental clarity
  • Stimulates faster wound healing
  • Sedates or stimulates the nervous system
  • Encourages deeper respiration
  • Improves bowel activity
  • Increases the patient's awareness of stress signals

 *From Medicine Hands, by Gayle McDonald, MS, LMT

 

Bonnie May Barlow travels the country to train in advanced oncology massage modalities.

 Specialized trainings include:  

Oncology Massage in Hospital Setting  -  Oregon Health & Science University Hospital - Portland, OR

Manual Lymphatic Drainage for Cancer Patients - Klose Training, Santa Fe, NM 

Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Massage - Klose Training, Indianapolis, IN

Oncology Massage - Massage & Bodywork College, Indianapolis, IN

Massage for People Living With Cancer - Tracy Walton, Jacksonville, FL

Massage for Geriatric, Hospice & the Medically Fragile Client - Daybreak Project - Bloomington, IN 

Massage & Cancer - Presented by Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York - South Bend, IN

Manual Lymph Drainage Therapy certification - Vodder technique/Klose training - Toledo, OH

2010 Oncology Massage Healing Summit - Northwest Health Sciences University - Bloomington, MN

RATES:

                         $25.00- 30 minute session                      $35.00- 40 minute session

 

               $45.00 - 50 minute session                    

 

If finances are a barrier to receiving needed Oncology Touch, please call to discuss your personal situation & needs.  Anything is possible.

Offering the ONLY clinically trained Fort Wayne massage/oncology client support.

 

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming Woo-Hoo, what a ride!"    - Anonymous