A cancer diagnosis asks an enormous amount of a person, and of their body. Amid appointments and treatment, the simple comfort of calm, caring touch can sometimes feel out of reach. Too often, people are gently turned away from massage altogether, simply because a therapist hasn’t had the training to adapt safely.
That’s something Hannah feels strongly about, and why she undertook specialist oncology touch therapy training in the Jennifer Young method, with The Christie. You can read more about Hannah and her training if you’d like to know who you’d be in safe hands with.
Why specialist training matters
This is the part that really matters. Macmillan Cancer Support is clear that “you should only have a massage from a therapist who is trained and qualified to treat people with cancer”, and that “cancer doctors and complementary therapists usually advise you to try gentle massage and avoid vigorous, deep tissue massage”. That gentle, carefully-adapted approach is exactly what this work is built around.
What this work is, and isn’t
Oncology touch therapy is gentle, adapted touch offered to support comfort and wellbeing. It is not a medical treatment, and it makes no claims to treat, cure or affect cancer in any way. It sits alongside, never in place of, the care of your medical team. Its only aim is to help you feel cared for, calmer and a little more at ease in yourself.
Always led by you
Sessions are slower and lighter, and shaped entirely around how you’re feeling on the day, your energy, your comfort, and where you are in your journey. A gentle conversation comes first, every time, and you can adjust or pause anything at any point.
A calm space to simply be
Sometimes the most supportive thing is not to fix anything at all, but to offer a quiet, warm space to rest. If that’s something you’re looking for, you’re very welcome here.
If you’d like to talk it through before booking, please get in touch, there’s no rush, and no pressure.