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2010 Oncology Massage Healing Summit
April 30 - May 2, 2010




Welcome reception at the Hotel
Thurs, Apr 29, 2010; 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Main Conference (includes lunch each day):

Fri, Apr 30, 2010; Register/Breakfast 8:00-8:45 a.m.; Classes 8:45 a.m. – 6:15 p.m.

Sat, May 1, 2010; Breakfast 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.; Classes 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Post Conference:

Sun, May 2, 2010; 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (one hour lunch on your own)

CE Hours: Main Conference (12.5 hours); Post-Conference (8 hours)

Tuition Options:
$329 Main Conference (Fri/Sat) – includes welcome reception; breakfasts and lunches

$159 Post-Conference Seminar (limited to 20 people at each)
Gentle Techniques for Working with Post Mastectomy Scars and Adhesion
OR Mastectomy Massage

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Reasons to Attend

Learn practical information and "take-home" techniques to help people return to their best lives. An opportunity for you to network with colleagues who share your professional passion.

Join other health practitioners, patients and caregivers in a presentation of Jonna's Body, please hold, riotously entertaining, profoundly moving hour-long show that has audiences on their feet! An award winning one-woman-show starring actress Jonna Tamases. Jonna's Body must unite to fight for her life, in a heart-pounding battle that will leave you breathless with laughter and joy.

This years conference will open with Cathleen Fanslow-Brunjes, MA, RN, the popular author of "Using the Power of Hope to Cope with Dying". She'll teach you the power of hope and how to utilize the Hope System, the Four Stages of Hope, to help you understand your clients journey toward healing. This powerful and simple process deepens your connection with your clients' changing stages of hope (facilitating a more realistic therapeutic relationship).

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Conference Schedule

Friday, Apr 30, 2010

10:45 am – 12:45 pm:         Breakout Sessions

1:45 pm – 3:45 pm               Breakout Sessions

4:15 pm – 6:15 pm     Breakout Sessions

Saturday, May 1, 2010

10:45 am – 12:45 pm           Breakout Sessions

1:45 pm – 3:45 pm      Breakout Sessions

3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Native American Blessing of the Hands
All participants join together to adjourn the conference.

Sunday, May 2, 2010
Hands-on! Optional Breakouts (choose one) - Limited to 20 people in each course
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (one hour lunch on your own)

  1. Gentle Techniques for Working with Mastectomy Scars and Adhesion; Jamie Elswick, LMT, BS, NCBTMB Provider

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About the Cosponsor
Society for Oncology Massage (S4OM
)

Dealing with cancer is both destination and journey. 
Medicine focuses on the quality of the destination. 
Oncology massage focuses on the quality of the journey.

Vision
The Society for Oncology Massage is founded to ease the journey through cancer and beyond for patients, family members and caregivers.

Mission
S4OM is grounded in a philosophy of compassion and service. We are focused on connecting cancer patients, their families and their caregivers with skilled oncology massage therapists.

An oncology massage therapist is a massage therapist who, following comprehensive training in general massage therapy, has completed additional  “post-graduate” training addressing the full spectrum of cancer-related issues: the physical consequences of cancer, the side effects of various treatments, the psycho-social and emotional consequences.  Therapists learn to adapt the extensive repertoire of standard massage therapy techniques to work safely and effectively with people living with cancer.

Our programs are intended to:

1. make all people affected by cancer aware of the healing power of massage and where it is available in their communities.

2. expand the availability of qualified oncology massage wherever cancer patients live and are treated.

3. develop an educated, experienced and cooperative community of oncology massage therapists.

4. establish,  promote, and maintain an ethic of care setting a high standard for the emerging field of oncology massage therapy.

5. facilitate and encourage the specialized training of oncology massage therapists.

6. educate the medical community, cancer patients and their caregivers as to the extreme importance of proper training for oncology massage therapists.

7.  provide a forum where oncology massage therapists can share the special challenges and joys of their work.

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A Call for Posters is being issued for presentation at the 2010 Oncology Massage Healing Summit on April 30 thru May 1, 2010. You are invited to present a poster of your recent massage and bodywork research project.

The poster sessions are an integral component of the Oncology Massage Healing Summit. They allow us to bring research to the exhibit hall floor in a professional and educational manner. More and more massage therapists are becoming exposed to research, thanks to our poster sessions. In 2007 over 175 oncology massage therapists and faculty attend this event. More are expected in 2010. If you are unable to attend personally, another member of your research team can present the poster or you can ship the poster to our staff to display on your behalf.

If you wish to participate, please submit an abstract to Curtiss Beinhorn at cbeinhorn@mdanderson.org  by February 26, 2010. Notifications will be made March 26, 2010.

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