Activity Overview:
This specialized course is designed for healthcare and rehab professionals who wish to provide safe, supportive massage therapy to individuals living with cancer. Led by Maureen Abson, LMT—an experienced educator in therapeutic massage—this training addresses the unique challenges and considerations of oncology care.
Participants will learn how cancer and its treatments affect body systems and how to modify massage techniques accordingly. The course emphasizes the importance of gentle,
non-invasive touch and teaches methods for working safely with medically fragile clients. Topics covered include treatment side effects, immune system considerations, surgical interventions, and emotional trauma related to diagnosis and treatment.
You’ll receive step-by-step guidance on assessment, positioning, and adapting pressure while building your confidence to support clients undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, or those in remission or palliative care. Oncology massage is not just about technique—it’s about presence, compassion, and creating a safe space for healing.
Target Audience:
This enduring activity is designed for physicians and athletic trainers.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Understand the physiological and psychological effects of cancer and cancer treatments.
- Learn how to adapt massage techniques safely for clients at all stages of the cancer journey.
- Recognize contraindications and special precautions necessary in oncology massage.
- Gain confidence in working with side effects such as lymphedema, fatigue, neuropathy, and scar tissue.
- Develop clear intake and assessment strategies specific to oncology clients.
- Explore the emotional dimensions of oncology care and the therapist’s role in supportive touch.
- Integrate oncology massage into multidisciplinary care for healthcare and rehab clients.
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION
To obtain a certificate of completion, a score of 80% or better on the post-test is required. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test and evaluation, and have received a digital copy of your certificate. You must participate in the entire activity to receive credit. If you have questions about this activity, please contact AKH Inc.
CEUs: 9.5
Price: 69.95
No Refunds
Neil Asher, Natural Alternative Therapies BOC Provider #: P12148 is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs). This program is eligible for a maximum of 9.5 Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
In support of improving patient care, AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of 9.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
Credit being awarded: 9.5 ANCC contact hours.
FACULTY & DISCLOSURES
Maureen Abson, LMT
With over 25 years of teaching experience, Maureen Abson has refined her unique massage therapy approach, combining fascial release, gentle focused pressure, and deep tissue massage. As the founder of a bustling clinic in Northern England, Maureen is dedicated to sharing her expertise with aspiring therapists around the world.
AKH PLANNER/REVIEWERS
Becca Lakofsky, RN
DISCLOSURES
None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
There is no commercial support for this activity.
DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE AND INVESTIGATIONAL PRODUCTS
This educational activity does not include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
DISCLAIMER
AKH Inc.’s courses are designed solely to provide healthcare professionals with information to assist in their practice and professional development. The courses are researched thoroughly, utilizing current literature and including practical experiences. AKH’s courses are not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The courses serve as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, they cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH educational courses do not endorse commercial products. The author(s) and the publisher specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the courses. AKH further disclaims any responsibility for undetected errors, or from the reader’s misunderstanding of the course.
