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New massage therapy technique helping breast cancer patients

Posted by mary on Jan 6, 2010

This report from WNDU includes video:



Dr. Ronald Downs performs a lot of reconstructive surgery and says the psychological benefits are important, but there are side effects with reconstructive surgery.

“There’s a whole gamut of things these women are facing. They’re facing from the external standpoint, the trauma of the surgery,” said Dr. Downs. “All of these surgical approaches leave behind scar tissue and potential problems.”

And that’s where relief comes in for Tracy with the massage therapy protocol under study at the Centre.

“We know that massage is good for blood supply, we know it’s good for scar tissue, so if we can employ massage techniques in and around the reconstructive area, or even the donor site, we can expedite healing,” said Dr. Downs.


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