Can I gain insurance to welcome cancer patients, without requiring medical consent?
Become a specialist therapist who could reach more potential clients
What industry standards are you required to meet to welcome cancer patients?
The Platinum Bundle
Receive unlimited, on-demand access to all 14 Jennifer Young Postgraduate Diplomas and educational materials.
Enrolling on the Platinum membership will allow you to be part of the growing, worldwide community of spas and salons exhibiting Jennifer Young specialist training.
The Jennifer Young Training School Platinum membership gives you access to 14 specialist, accredited oncology courses, including 6 Postgraduate Diplomas and additional training that are not available anywhere else. Unlimited, on-demand access means that you can complete the courses at a time and pace that suits you.
Have the freedom to welcome cancer patients and provide them with high quality relaxation and rejuvenation.
Each individual course has its own prerequisite requirements. Once you have obtained the required pre-requisites and completed the postgraduate diploma, you will be fully insured to welcome cancer patients, for that particular treatment.
Learn with the experts
- Use your skills to help those affected by cancer
- Understand the "why", as well as the "what" and the "how"
- Gain confidence in welcoming those affected by cancer
Pre-Requisites
This table lists the pre-requisites for each of the Postgraduate Diplomas available on the Platinum membership. You do not need to meet the pre-requisites for all the following to enrol onto Platinum, however you will need the relevant qualifications to become certified in the Postgraduate Diploma that you wish to learn.
COURSE LAYOUT
Receive unlimited, on-demand access to all 14 Jennifer Young Postgraduate Diplomas and educational materials.
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Evidence for the benefits of oncology touch therapy treatments
Undergoing or recovering from cancer treatment is often the time when extra indulgence and pampering is required the most. However, post-diagnosis, it becomes more difficult to find salons and spas who offer treatments, meaning that oncology massage is often a memorable, transformative experience.
Short-term benefits
- Reduced anxiety, depressed mood and anger in breast cancer patients
- Increased vigour (breast cancer patients)
- Reduced mood disturbances and perceived stress levels
- Improved sleep quality
- Improved quality of life (breast cancer patients)
- Reduced pain and improvement of mood, reduced stress levels
- Reduced perception of pain, nausea and increased relaxation after 10 minute (5 minute per foot) foot massage
- Pain intensity, pulse rate, and respiratory rate significantly reduced immediately after the massages. At study entry, the massage group reported higher pain intensity, which decreased by 42% (25% reduction in the control group)
- Reduced anxiety scores, depression, general fatigue, reduced motivation fatigue, and emotional fatigue
- Reduced depression and improved sleep
- Reduced heart rate and lower blood pressure
- Decrease in physical discomfort, group fatigue, and mood disturbance.
The effect of massage on mood disturbances was greater when treated continuously by the same therapist
Long-term benefits
- Reduced depression and hostility, increased urinary dopamine, serotonin values, natural killer cell number and lymphocytes in breast cancer patients
- Reduced mood disturbances and perceived stress levels (breast cancer patients)
Full references are provided as standard in Jennifer Young Training materials.
