 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | I've had two kinds of massage.
Lymphatic drainage massage is very gentle. It is not deep tissue massage but apparently it does help over time if you still have lymphedema in your face or neck.
But I think the massage you need to do to break up fibrosis in your muscles requires deeper (and more painful in my experience) massage.
This is making me realize I need to go back for more PT--my neck is getting really stiff again.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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