OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | My wife is a certified massage therapist and has many hours of advanced massge therapy training; deep tissue, Swedish, Shiatsu, Pregnancy, Lymphatic, sports injuries, hot stone, etc. She mentioned that no one offers courses for dealing specifically with cancer issues but recommended that if you want to try massage therapy to get a note or release from your doctor first.
Most people, by the way, have neck problems from spending too many hours in front of a computer. That and the back are the main reasons people go in for massage.
I bought a TENS unit a while back and I have been experimenting with that as well.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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