Please check out this wonderful opportunity in San Diego on Sunday, July 15!

Safe therapeutic massage during
and after cancer treatment

Invitation to receive an oncology massage

Greet The Day is inviting client volunteers to receive oncology massage therapy as part of a
Nationally Certified continuing education course. All participating therapists are licensed massage
therapists, estheticians, or registered nurses, and are completing oncology massage training
accredited through the Board of Registered Nursing, California, the Society for Oncology Massage
and the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.

Massage is a therapeutic modality that is increasingly being used as complementary care in the
clinical care setting. Many cancer treatments require immediate as well as long-term massage
modifications. Massage modifications as a result of positioning, pressure, pace or site considerations
related to concerns like medical devices, side effects of drug treatments, surgery or radiation,
compromised lymph nodes or blood cell counts, and other concerns, may apply, and are unique for
each person.

An oncology massage is a modified massage session to adapt for these considerations, as well as
those pertaining to the late effects of treatment and where applicable, disease progression. Oncology
massage does not try to “fix” anything, and unlike many massage modalities is not a series of
techniques or applied protocols. Rather, it is the ability of the therapist to recognize and safely work
within clinically established guidelines, given a client’s unique circumstance. All techniques are of a
gentle nature to be mindful of the treated tissues, the compromised nature of the lymphatic system
and the residual effects of radiation therapy, surgery and drug treatments.

Prerequisites to Participate: Client volunteers should be in or have a history of cancer
treatment.

Location and Time Commitment: San Diego, California. Includes a 60 minute massage and
30 minutes for client/therapist intake review. The work will be provided in a class-room setting
and your privacy will be respected at all times.

Dates and Times: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 10am or 12pm

About the Instructor: Jacki Sellers, CMT, NCTMB, CMLDT
Jacki Sellers is the Lead Therapist for Greet The Day's Chemo Comfort Touch Infusion Center
massage program. She mentors licensed, oncology-trained massage therapist volunteers, new and
seasoned, as they provide foot and hand massage for people receiving chemotherapy. She enjoys
her role as principal contact for clinical staff and as the direct liaison between patients, therapists,
nurses, physicians, and social workers. As one of Greet The Day’s instructors, she is very passionate
about teaching Oncology Massage and Infusion Center Massage. Jacki’s dream is to see oncology
massage in the Infusion Center become a regular component to cancer care everywhere

If you would like to participate as a Client Volunteer,
please contact Jacki Sellers at
520.471.2513 • Jacki@GreetTheDay.org