Education and Resources
- Society for Oncology Massage
- Cure Magazine
- Training with Gayle McDonald
- Training with Tracy Walton
- Training with Institute of Integrative Oncology (with Greet the Day)
- Training with HealWell
- Training with Irene Smith Everflow hospice
- Hospice care training with Final Touch
- Training with Lauren Muser Cates
- Training with Cheryl Chapman
- Training with Isabel Adkins
- National Lymphedema Network
- Lymphatic Education and Research Network
Information about Cancer
- American Cancer Society – guide to cancer drugs
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Breast Cancer Foundation
- Chemo Care is your source for chemotherapy
- Cancer Supportive and Survivorship Care
- Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
- Healing Journeys Foundation – promote surviving and thriving
- Medscape – information on drugs, disease, and procedures
- Prescription Drug Info
Conferences & Training Courses
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“Training with Final Touch-Adapting Massage for End of Life” – Susan Gee and Cindy Spence.
http://www.finaltouchtraining.com/ This three-day hospice massage/end of life workshop is excellent and recommended for all oncology massage therapists. Check out their website for dates.
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Massage for People Living with Cancer
This is a 24-hour foundation course usually run over three days. It describes the three main forms of cancer treatment, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, the side effects caused by the treatments, and the adjustments that must be made when creating a massage plan. Tuition varies between $425 and $495. The variation is based on the host school. Times also vary but are typically all day Friday through Sunday, 9am-6pm.
Contact: Gayle MacDonald, medhands825@gmail.com. Instructor: Gayle MacDonald.
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Introducing “Oncology Massage Therapy: Caring for Clients with Cancer,” 32.0 CE Hours
A 4-Day Intensive and supervised peer practice clinic (a new format for our clinic in 2016) to help you work safely and effectively with people with cancer and cancer histories.
This course gives you clear step-by-step directions for working with clients with cancer and cancer histories. You receive specific “decision tree” diagrams rather than vague verbal instructions. We show you how to use the client interview, and common cancer resources to design the safest, most effective massage.
Learn what to do for clients during cancer treatment, the years post-treatment, and even some lifelong guidelines. Leave with forms and intake questions, a “side effects table,” and even a sample oncology massage care plan to share with a client’s physician.
Use our principles and tools to work with people with cancer in any setting, from hospital to franchise. Even seasoned oncology massage therapists have used our strategies to practice with greater ease and success.
For more information visit Tracy Walton’s site: www.tracywalton.com