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Massage for the Client with Cancer

Massage for the Client with Cancer

By The Medical Massage Lady Training School

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Highlights

  • Delivered Online or In-Person

  • Advanced level

Description

This course is intended for anyone who has already undertaken a basic body massage course training:-

• and would like to start treating clients with cancer or who have had a history of cancer

• and would like to develop their knowledge of the anatomy and physiology behind cancer 


LEARNING OUTCOMES

• to develop your understanding of the role, skills and qualities of a successful massage therapist in relation to the oncology client

• to extend your knowledge of the anatomy and physiology involved in the development of cancer

• to understand the physical and mental health benefits of massage therapy for the oncology client

• to understand not only the effect of oncology massage on the client, but also how a client’s treatment will influence the massage treatment

• to develop an understanding of cancer in general and both the short term and long term effects of cancer treatments


The theory can be completed online and once this is done a practical session booked directly with me at sam@medicalmassagelady.com.


Accredited by the IGCT. 30 CPD points

Course Content

8 sections•48 lessons
INTRODUCTION4 lessons
  1. 1COURSE CONTENT
  2. 2LEGISLATION
  3. 3PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT
  4. 4LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
CANCER:THE BASICS7 lessons
  1. 1WHAT IS CANCER?
  2. 2NORMAL CELL CHARACTERISTICS
  3. 3THE CELL CYCLE
  4. 4GROWTH PATTERNS AND MALIGNANCY
  5. 5ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS
  6. 6ONCOLOGY AND THE FASCIA
  7. 7TREATMENT OPTIONS
ONCOLOGY MASSAGE16 lessons
  1. 1THE OBJECTIVE OF ONCOLOGY MASSAGE & ASSOCIATED MYTHS
  2. 2STAGES OF CANCER
  3. 3HOMEOSTASIS & LYMPHATIC CIRCULATION
  4. 4BENEFITS OF ONCOLOGY MASSAGE
  5. 5CONTRAINDICATIONS & PRECAUTIONS
  6. 6MASSAGE DURING A RADIOTHERAPY/CHEMOTHERAPY CYCLE
  7. 7MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
  8. 8DOCTOR'S CONSENT
  9. 9BASIC ROUTINE:THE BACK
  10. 10BASIC ROUTINE:BACK OF THE LEG
  11. 11BASIC ROUTINE:SIDE LYING
  12. 12BASIC ROUTINE:FRONT OF THE LEG
  13. 13BASIC ROUTINE:THE FEET
  14. 14BASIC ROUTINE:CHEST
  15. 15BASIC ROUTINE:THE NECK
  16. 16BASIC ROUTINE:THE HEAD
MELANOMA& SKIN CANCER2 lessons
  1. 1SKIN CANCER:RISK FACTORS AND STATISTICS
  2. 2TYPES OF SKIN CANCER
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION4 lessons
  1. 1INFORMED CONSENT
  2. 2MASSAGE REFERRAL FORM
  3. 3BREATHING EXERCISES
  4. 4SUMMARY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES3 lessons
  1. 1PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 1
  2. 2PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 2
  3. 3PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 3
CASE STUDIES10 lessons
  1. 1CASE STUDY 1:BREAST CANCER
  2. 2CASE STUDY 2:COLON CANCER
  3. 3CASE STUDY 3:KIDNEY CANCER
  4. 4CASE STUDY 4:PROSTATE CANCER
  5. 5CASE STUDY 5:ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA
  6. 6CASE STUDY 6:BRAIN TUMOUR
  7. 7CASE STUDY 7:TESTICULAR CANCER
  8. 8CASE STUDY 8:OESOPHAGEAL CANCER
  9. 9CASE STUDY 9:LUNG CANCER
  10. 10CASE STUDY 10:BOWEL CANCER
FINAL ASSESSMENT2 lessons
  1. 1FINAL ASSESSMENT
  2. 2PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES

Location

59 Grosvenor Road, TN12AY, United Kingdom, TUNBRIDGE WELLS

About The Provider

The Medical Massage Lady Training School
I qualified in Swedish massage and Preheat treatments back in 1997, and while I continued to use my massage qualification, my main career was as a surgical nurse and then a midwife on a high risk unit. After another 9 years of working with mainly physically disabled children and...
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