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Article: Living with cancer? You can get a massage: and, it may be one of the most beneficial things you can do.(breathe in)
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- New Life Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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If you (or someone you know) have been diagnosed with cancer, one of the last things you might think of is to get a massage. Yet, that may be one of the most beneficial and relaxing things you could do to improve your quality of life. As a cancer patient, your health is challenged in many ways--by the cancer itself, the treatments that are prescribed to fight it, and the emotions that arise as you work through the diagnosis. Massage can provide relief from many of these physical and emotional effects and assist you in feeling more comfortable and living life more fully.
Physically, cancer attacks cells and often reduces the function of some organs or body parts. ...
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