A very gentle relaxing massage to improve sleep quality, reduce anxiety and depression, and help with pain relief and the nausea often experienced by cancer patients.
One of the main reasons people with cancer use massage is because it helps them feel good. It is a way they feel they can help themselves.
Massage therapy can help lift your mood, improve your sleep and enhance your well being. There is some evidence to help support these benefits.
Massage for people with cancer might help you relax and cope with:
stress
anxiety
headaches
pain