Is Massage Therapy potentially harmful in the spread of cancer throughout the body?
Per Dr. Collinge PhD leading cancer researcher with the National Cancer Institute multimedia project on massage therapy and cancer, “Massage Therapy is no more likely to cause cancer due to its circulatory effect than walking up a flight of stairs or moderate exercise,” Collinge stated. “In fact, the whole notion that massage or any other form of touch could spread cancer is silly.” Dr. Collinge went on to say,” cancer is not contagious from one cell to another, rather, it is a genetic predisposition that is enhanced by environmental factors inside and outside the human body. Cancer is a disruption in the genetic makeup of a cell. Mutations happen in a cell’s DNA that make its replication process go haywire. The idea that a cancerous blood cell, in the case of lymphoma, could come in contact and adversely affect a healthy cell or tissue is not true. ‘- From The Wellness Touch E-zine August 2009.
