Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
The Cancer Wellness Center provides help for cancer patients in and around Austin who are seeking an integrative approach to improved health and wellness. We understand how devastating it is to receive a cancer diagnosis, and we are here to support you.
Our cancer treatment methods include acupuncture, massage therapy, meditation instruction. Cancer care is more than chemotherapy and radiation. It is about cancer support to help you feel better physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We want to help you heal and experience a greater sense of overall well-being so you don’t feel the disease is controlling every aspect of your life.
There are a wide array of cancer treatment options available today, and the popularity of acupuncture for cancer patients is growing among practitioners of Western medicine.
Cancer treatment often leaves patients weak, tired, nauseous, and emotionally spent. Acupuncture cancer treatments are effective for supporting the immune system and managing pain, neuropathy, fatigue, depression and anxiety, insomnia, nausea, loss of appetite and other gastrointestinal side effects patients often experience during treatment.
From the National Cancer Institute …
“Acupuncture may cause physical responses to nerve cells,
the pituitary gland, and parts of the brain.
These responses can cause the body
to release proteins, hormones, and brain chemicals
that control a number of body functions.
It is proposed that, in this way,
acupuncture affects blood pressure and body temperature,
boosts immune system activity,
and causes the body’s natural pain killers,
such as endorphins, to be released.”
If you have searched for alternative cancer treatment centers, it is important to know that “alternative” and “integrative” are not the same. Alternative medicine is used in place of mainstream medical care, while integrative medicine is complementary medicine that supports patients receiving mainstream medical care.
Many of the top cancer treatment centers including Sloan Kettering and MD Anderson have incorporated integrative medicine into their services for patients. Integrative medicine combines conventional medicine with complementary therapies designed to treat cancer while giving patients additional support for the physical and emotional side effects, helping to heal and nurture the whole person.
Oncology massage is another therapy we often use to reduce pain related to cancer treatment along with depression, fatigue, nausea, stress, and other symptoms to improve quality of life.
Oncology massage offers massage therapy to safely work with those who have received cancer treatment, those in active treatment, those in recovery or survivorship, as well as those at the end of life. Our therapists have received special training in oncology massage. Their skill sets include an informed understanding of the disease itself and the many ways it can affect the human body, which include the side effects of cancer treatments such as medications, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. As with all of our therapies, massage sessions are specialized per each individual and each visit, according to the client’s needs.
Meditation Instruction for Cancer Therapy
Meditation is a natural state of the human mind — at rest, open, alert. The practice of meditation has been taught for over 2,500 years. It provides a way to train our mind to settle into being more stable and clear. The professionals at The Cancer Wellness Center in Austin provide free meditation instruction in mindfulness/awareness, which is especially helpful for cancer therapy.
This ancient practice of self-discovery is rooted in the simple but revolutionary premise that every human being has the ability to cultivate the mind’s inherent stability, clarity and strength. Getting the tools to meet life’s ups and downs with a strong and pliable mind and an open heart is a potential benefit of working with a meditation instructor.
Meditation Instruction is by appointment. Please reserve your spot with our instructor Christine Wetzl by calling (512) 701-0515. Don’t forget to ask about our acupuncture and massage services.
At The Cancer Wellness Center, we provide cancer support that is as individual as you are. Every patient has different needs. Our Texas Medical Board licensed acupuncturists work closely with you to develop a plan for care that will help you heal, cope, and feel better along the journey toward wellness. We invite those in Austin and surrounding cities who are interested in learning about the latest cancer treatment and how it could benefit you to contact us today at (512) 968-2605.
(512) 968-2605 (inside Sage Acupuncture)
Fax (512) 532-0808
1707 W. Koenig Lane
Austin, TX 78756
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