Mindfulness and Meditation
A breast cancer diagnosis can be a frightening experience that brings out many emotions like fear, anger, hopelessness, and more. Learning how to cope with these feelings along with the additional stresses of treatments, appointments, finances, etc. is a big challenge. Anxiety and depression can be common among breast cancer patients and survivors especially with some treatments as they can be side effects of them. That is why researchers have been exploring the benefits of mindfulness/meditation and how it can be used as a helpful tool for stress reduction in cancer care.
What You Need Before and After Surgery for Breast Cancer
What does someone need before, and after undergoing surgery for breast cancer? It can be daunting to go into surgery and not know how you’ll feel after or what you’ll need. Here are some items that can better prepare you for before and after your surgery to maximize your own comfort.
Breast Health Equity and Why it Matters
The increase of medical technology, effective treatments, and early detection screenings have decreased mortality rates of breast cancer overall. Although these excellent improvements are effective for our breast cancer community, it’s important to note that unfortunately not every population is included. This is due to the various health disparities seen within diverse populations which directly impacts their breast cancer incidence and mortality rates.
Reiki and Energy Healing
Have you been looking into integrative therapy methods to reduce stress, lower your anxiety, and bolster your sense of relaxation? Reiki and energy healing may be able to help! Those that practice reiki deliver energy to your body using their hands to improve the flow of your energy to support healing while assisting in balancing your energy throughout your body. Reiki also works towards rebalancing the human biofield while building one’s resistance to stress and supporting self-healing methods. While reiki is considered part of the energy healing practice there are other systems of hands-on energy healing techniques that originate within different cultures, religions, long standing traditions from folk medicine, and from ancient practices. Some of these practices come from great ancient civilizations such as Babylonia, Egypt, India, Rome, Greece, and Assyria. Some forms of energy healing include reiki, acupuncture, touch therapy, chakra balancing, crystal healing, and aura cleansing. If you’ve been looking for a different therapy approach to coincide with your current cancer treatments it may be worth your while to look into reiki and energy healing.