Battling Cancer

Massage therapy is another recognized complementary and alternative therapy for cancer patients.

U.S. News & World Report, Health, September 16, 2008, shares information on a study connecting massage therapy and cancer pain relief and mood.

Massage Therapy Helps Those With Advanced Cancer

Reporting in the Sept. 16 Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found that people who received massage from a licensed, specially trained therapist reported greater improvements in pain and mood symptoms than did people who received simple touch

The results however were short lasting and while it made cancer patients feel better there was no long term effect.

So, let’s take a deeper look at massage therapy. (that’s a pun!)

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