Massage for Children with Cancer

[Tina Allen | Liddle Kidz]

Please join me at the upcoming Oncology Massage Conference for a very special introduction to Massage for Children with Cancer:

Friday, April 30, 2010 & Saturday, May 1, 2010 | Northwestern Health Sciences University


Join Liddle Kidz Founder, Tina Allen, at the 2010 Oncology Healing Massage Summit for a special presentation on Massage for Children with Cancer.
To a child who has been diagnosed with Cancer, their symptoms are often accompanied by pain, anxiety, loneliness and fear, so, it makes sense that many practitioners, and families, are turning to the nurturing touch of massage therapy to provide much needed care and comfort. During this session participants will review the most common types of childhood Cancers and methods used to treat children with Cancer. Research benefits of using massage therapy for pediatric clients will be discussed. Additionally, participants will learn, and practice, a hands-on protocol to be used with pediatric oncology clients.

Presenters at the Oncology Massage Healing Summit include:
Gayle MacDonald
Cathy Fanslow-Brunjes
Keynote Speech: "Using the Power of Hope to Cope with Dying: The Four Stages of Hope"
and
Break-out Session: Hope
Jonna Tamases - star of "Jonna's Body, please hold"
Subject: Widely acclaimed performance about her own cancer journey.
"Side splitting and tear jerking"
Eleanor Oyston
Subject: The Science Behind the Need for Gentle Touch
Tracy Walton
Subject: Research - The Caregivers Project (William Collinge)
Martha Menard
Subjects: Breast Cancer Clinical Project at the Potomac Institute and Grant Writing
Tina Allen - Liddle Kidz Foundation
Subject: Massage in Pediatric Oncology
Sandy Canzone
Subject: Eastern Bodywork Techniques to Support Digestion
Isabel Adkins
Subject: Strengthening Immunity with Bodywork - A Blend of East and West
Curtiss Beinhorn and Sat Siri Sumler | M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Subject: Communicating with Physicians
Sat Siri Sumler | M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Subject: Yoga for People with Cancer
Jean VanEtten
Subject: Working with the Media
Rene Janiece
Subject: Safely Massaging the Client at Risk for Lymphedema
Wayne McKinzie Johnnette du Rand Steve Gordon
Subject: Panel Discussion - Creating your Dream Nonprofit
Morag Currin
Subject: Spa related topic
Toni Muirhead
Subject: The Lebed Method
Post-Conference Presenters
Jamie Elswick
Post Conference Presentation: Scar Massage
Cheryl Chapman
Post Conference Presentation: Mastectomy Massage


What is the Oncology Massage Healing Summit & Society for Oncology Massage?

The Society for Oncology Massage (S4OM) was conceived at the first national oncology massage convention, the Oncology Massage Healing Summit, held in the spring of 2007. Over 150 therapists and 20 faculty members attended two days packed with lectures, workshops, and fellowship. One participant summed up the weekend by saying, " I find I am a blood member of a tribe I didn't know existed."

Tina Allen is a 2009 Massage Therapy Hall of Fame Inductee

To register and learn more, please visit: Society for Oncology Massage