Specialty: Oncology massage, sports massage
Education/Training: Muscular Therapy Institute
Certifications: AMTA, NCBMT
Years in practice: Since 2000
Years at MGHCC: Since 2005
What drew you to your specialty? An interest in working in a health care setting and desire to provide comfort to patients.
What is your favorite part of your job? The one-on-one contact with another person
What would you like to tell patients and their families about integrative therapies and your specialty? Massage Therapy can almost always benefit a patient at any level of health or illness. Touch has a healing power that may be hard to quantify but can be immediately experienced.
Our support programs can help patients and their families cope with the challenges of a cancer diagnosis.
Why are numbness, tingling, and pain in the hands or feet a side effect of some cancer treatments? This video demonstrates massage and acupressure techniques you can do at home to relieve pain, stiffness, or loss of sensation in the hands and feet.
