Deep Tissue Massage
Personal goals for receiving Deep Tissue Massage can include the desire for a relaxing pleasurable experience in the midst of everything that is going on.
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This helps in relieving nausea or other symptoms such as pain or peripheral neuropathy and helping them get through the remainder of their cancer treatments.
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Some cancer patients use Deep Tissue Massage to reduce symptoms, improve healing, enhance their mood and lower their anxiety. This therapy can offer many short-term benefits in terms of psychological well being and reduction of some symptoms through indications for various types of therapeutic massages.
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In addition, therapists and patients feel a closer connection as well as stimulate the reciprocal relationship between the patient’s body and mind.
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Deep Tissue Massage is a very humane and important part of integrative cancer treatments, because it mainly focuses on well-being and comfort, which is important to patients who are going through the harsh reality of their situation.
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This method helps in increasing circulation and blood flow. It also increases metabolism, which pushes more blood into the massaged area.
How Does It Work ?
When chemotherapy is administered, the white blood cells get wiped out and the Deep Tissue Massage helps balance things out.
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Plain chemotherapy is a conventional cancer treatment, however, to manage its harsh side effects, Deep Tissue Massage is introduced.
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The Deep Tissue Massage also helps in restoring a balanced upright posture, decreasing symptoms of pain, breaking down scar tissue or muscle adhesion, and improving one’s range of motion. It is a massage technique that works on the deeper layers of muscle tissue.
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The massage is administered using fingertips, knuckles, hands, elbows, and forearms during the Deep Tissue Massage. The pressure is generally stronger than a regular massage, with the strokes being slower.