I would suggest that anyone interested go to amtamassage.org
and look for an article written some time ago called Cancer
and Massage.
My client that prompted me to start this thread, she is
currently recovering from her hip surgery. In a week or 2
she may start her radiation therapy. That will be intense, 5
days/week.
Her doctor was totally fine with her receiving massage,
minus work on the incision sites. I did not massage the legs
as there is a risk of dvt. Probably be over careful but most
her work was needed upper body anyways. I did do feet also.
Can't skip the feet.
I will continue to see her as often as she likes and she
will continue checking with the doctors for approval. We
discussed the effects of the radiation, ect. She has already
been through this once.
Massage definitely should not be stopped. As you said, if
the case is massage spreads cancer and one doesn't know they
have cancer until there are extreme symptoms, we could be
starting an epidemic.
T "Ben Dover" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Headlines: Massage causes cancer! Massage Therapists
guilty of increasing cancer rate among clients! Massage
Spreads Cancer!
Given the premises portrayed in this ng, massage should be
stopped, even outlawed. You can never know which client
has cancer and asking them won't help because they might
be unaware of any early stages of cancer.
So if the premises are true that massage can spread
cancer, then it would be irresponsible to perform massage.
What mainstream peer-reviewed science-based medical
literature exists supporting the premise that massage can
spread cancer?
Ben
mossrite said:1. oncogenes - A gene that causes normal cells to change
into cancerous tumor cells
2. metastases - The spreading of a disease to another
part of the body
Manual manipulation (massage) of tissues is believed to
increase the
flow,
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:transit rate of cancerous cells throughout the lymph
system (spread em around!).
Quoted message said:What are metastases and oncogenes ?
How could massage increase them ?