It's too bad that there aren't massage therapy courses dealing specifically with cancer issues. It seems like it is such a needed area. There is a massage school where I live about a mile from my house and soemtimes it seems like every other person I meet in this town has been there--TONS of massage therapists around, but I haven't found any who have that specific training either.

I think it probably depends on what type of massage you get how important it is to check with your doctor. I may have mentioned this before but I occasionally got foot massages when I was going through rad and chemo. I figured it couldn't hurt because it was in a part of my body far from the part being treated and also from any internal organs that might have been affected by the chemo and it was wonderful to have my attention directed away from those other parts of my body to my feet. Also it seemed to "balance out" the sense of pressure on my head I had from being pinned down by that darn mask every day.

I can testifuy firsthand to neck problems from being in front of the computer! I thought it was so wonderful that I could swithc to teaching online since I would be disabled in terms of doing my job otherwise--no way could I teach three classes in the classroom, if I speak for about 1/2 an hour I get very hoarse still and am hoarse for the rest of the day.

But teaching online as much as I am has been really hard on my neck. if it isn't one thing it's another!