Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary is Healwell's healthcare podcast about all the places and perspectives that lift us up. We say what other people aren't willing to say and we always say the quiet parts loud.You’ll always learn something. You’ll always laugh and you’ll come away better informed and with real things you can do in your own community and practice to create a more compassionate and collaborative system of care for all humans.
Interdisciplinary
Capital-L Love with Janet Penny, RMT and Rebecca Sturgeon, LMT
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It's a book review, it's a conversation, it's a podcast! This week, Cal and Cathy welcomes Janet Penny and Rebecca Sturgeon, co-authors of Oncology Massage: An integrative approach to cancer care. This conversation touches on the heart and soul of what we do when caring for other humans.
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About Our Guests:
Janet Penny, RMT has extensive experience working with people living with cancer in both her private practice and at an integrative cancer center. Janet has developed a treatment approach that addresses the multi-faceted needs of oncology massage clients. Her approach focuses on pre- and post-surgical treatments, scar tissue, radiation fibrosis, neuropathy and pain within the complex context of the client’s emotions that pervade and influence the body. Janet is forever amazed at the resiliency of the human body and all it goes through.
Rebecca Sturgeon, LMT started her career as a massage therapist in 2008 and began working with oncology patients in 2010. She has worked in clinical and community environments providing massage and manual lymphatic drainage. She has been a massage therapy educator for the majority of her career and currently works as the Education Director for Healwell.
A bi-monthly podcast where we share the stories of our Caregivers, patients and...
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