Listening Touch Massage & Bodywork


Laura Rose Boyle, LMT

Oncology Massage-Massage for People Living with Cancer
Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with cancer or have a history of cancer? 

Therapeutic massage and bodywork is an excellent way to support you in staying healthy, stimulating immune system functioning, and allowing the body to deeply rest and heal from cancer and cancer treatment.  

Research has shown that massage:
  • Reduces Anxiety and Depression
  • Eases Pain
  • Helps control nausea
  •  Improves sleep and eases fatigue
  • Decreases swelling



Laura Rose has had extensive training in Oncology Massage and has learned how to modify massage to work around side-effects and complications of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and medications. 

Links to more information about Massage and Cancer:

Frequently Asked Questions about Massage and Cancer by Tracy Walton:

Massage Benefits Women recovering from Breast Cancer Treatment:

An article called "Massage Tailored to Cancer Patients"

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine



Laura Rose has studied with many of the leading Oncology Massage Instructors, including:

Isabel Adkins - Acupressure and Reflexology for People Living with Cancer:

Gayle MacDonald - Massage for People Living with Cancer

Debra Curties - Breast Massage

Steve Norton - Complete Decongestive Therapy for Lymphedema


Laura Rose has also been working at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, with the Whole Women, Whole Health program, providing massage for women recovering from Breast Cancer Treatment since February of 2005.  This program provides massage, acupuncture treatments, as well as yoga, meditation, and nutrition classes at no charge to women who were treated at Mercy Hospital for Breast Cancer in the last five years. 
For more information about this program, please call 312-567-6724
This program is funded by the Chicagoland Affiliate of the Susan G Komen Foundation. 




Please feel free to call or email with any questions about Oncology Massage

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