The American Society of Clinical Oncology issued guidelines in 2017 to support the use of meditation, yoga, acupuncture and music therapy among to help relieve side effects from cancer treatment.
PUBLISHED June 22, 2018
Tamera Anderson-Hanna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and became a Registered Yoga Teacher while coping with breast cancer in 2015. She owns Wellness, Therapy, & Yoga in Florida where she provides personal wellness services and coaching and she is a public speaker on wellness-related topics. You can connect with her at www.wellnesstherapyyoga.com.
I was beyond excited this week to read news that more is being done to validate and support integrative oncology guidelines for breast cancer patients. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) issued guidelines in 2017 to support the use of meditation, yoga, acupuncture and music therapy among other modalities to be safety used to help relieve side effects from treatments. Some of the side effects they are finding benefit for include nausea, anxiety, depression, fatigue, quality of life and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).I became a yoga teacher in 2015 while healing from breast cancer, and I have written about my own personal experience using yoga and meditation to heal. I did not use acupuncture, but I have also written about the importance of music to promote healing among other topics. This is all great news and, of course, it is expected that benefits for stress, anxiety and depression can all be amplified with the support of cognitive behavioral therapy and other traditional modalities.
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