Cancer
As I have embarked on this journey treating patients with various conditions I always stayed away from treating patients with cancer. In fact, in massage therapy school we were specifically taught, “Do not treat patients with Cancer”. Up until about a year ago I treated this phrase like Holy Grail, until I encountered a few patients who I wanted to help but couldn’t. Accidentally looking for a kinesthetic class I stumbled upon an oncology massage certification. Was this fait I asked myself?
I immediately committed to the class and this is truly where the magic began. Not only did I learn that manual therapy could not spread the cancerous tumors it also reiterated the benefits of massage. Touch heals everyone. It may not cure, but it reconnects the person with self and as I learned that weekend I did not have the power to spread cancerous cells.
Cancerous cells have a primary tumor site and it is important not to directly massage the tumor site, due to sensitivities, complications, etc. Furthermore, as manual therapy persists the circulation only generates locally, thus not metastasizing the tumor to a secondary site. Research supports that massage has been known to increase circulation but not to the degree as once imagined. If a person can exercise they can receive manual therapies as exercise increases circulation more than manual therapy. Furthermore, I concluded simple modifications to prevent deep vein thrombosis as well as lymph edema from occurring especially if lymph node removals had been performed.
In my pursuit of treating patients with cancer I found others with the same idea in mind. How do we stop cancer in its tracks? The answer is simple don’t eat the cancer. Sean Cohen wrote an amazing book offered at my center called Don’t Eat the Cancer. This book describes the chemicals already metastasizing in our food that generate cancer. Sure there are many other compliments to treatments but what happens if we could stop the cancer from even forming. I am pleased to report Sean has asked me to complete a documentary next year based on his amazing book. And I am honored and enthused to humbly join his team. Effortlessly, I am finding many people seeking similar answers about cancer wanting to live with it, without it, and no longer mourn its inheritance. To truly be without cancer is to prevent it but in the event that you are challenged with it know this. You are still alive and living is the most important thing. Simply, don’t be the cancer.
I am truly grateful for the team that I have constructed to help me compliment traditional theory and am in awe of the incredible journey ahead. I will be able to reach others in a special way and teach them how to heal themselves and each other. We can heal and overcome disease as human beings, let me show you how….
Erica Steele is a nine year Nationally Certified therapist and educator for massage, health, healing, wellness, and the sciences. She owns a dynamic holistic wellness center in Virginia Beach, Essential Wellness.
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