Breast and Chest Post Surgical Recovery Massage
Whether you are pursuing gender-affirming top surgery, on a recovery journey from breast cancer, or simply undergoing breast reduction or augmentation, I am here to lend my heart and hands to the healing!
Most other types of surgery involve extensive rehabilitation and after care, but for breast and chest surgeries, the options are limited. The massage methods that I utilize are research-backed and shown to speed healing, minimize complications, improve ranges of motion, decrease pain and discomfort, and help you to mentally/emotionally/spiritually adjust to your new body.
I am honoured to work with you in your recovery journey, combining skill with good listening and an inclusive, trauma-informed space. Whether you are 1 week post-op, 6 months, 5 years or beyond, techniques are generally light touch and suitable for all stages of healing.
Types of procedures I am trained to work with:
- Cancer-related mastectomies
- Transmasculine top surgeries
- Transfeminine Breast Construction
- DIEP flaps and other types of reconstruction
- Breast implants and expanders
- Lymph node removal
- Breast reductions
- Breast lifts
Post-surgical massage can help to:
- Speed up the healing process
- Treat and prevent lymphedema
- Help prevent and treat complications
- Improve the look and feel of surgical scars
- Open up the rib cage, especially if a binder has been used pre-surgery
- Resensitize the skin
- Increase ranges of motion and reduce neck and shoulder tension
- Reduce pain from expanders
- Help prevent or treat capsular contraction
- Prepare the body for implants pre-surgery
- Help work through and release medical trauma
- Help somatically integrate your new form
Your initial session will be 75-minutes, in which we will review your health history and clarify your specific needs and goals in working together. Follow up sessions are 60-minutes, though for those in the chronic stage of healing, 90-minute full-body massage combinations can be booked, upon request.
If you'd like to discuss the details of your specific procedure and treatment needs, you can e-mail me at info@jessicajoybodywork.com to schedule a time to speak.
See bellow for pricing and scheduling.
Comprehensive Breast and Chest Surgery Training Certificate. Training program by Erin Price, RMT of www.mastectomyguide.com
Inside Victoria Centre Acupuncture & Massage at 1016 Fort St
(Formerly Victoria Community Acupuncture)
Rates
Not covered by Insurance, MSP or health savings accounts. I'm not registered here in BC as I did all of my training and licensing in Seattle, WA. Rates for an RMT massage in Victoria are between $120-$150 per hour. I have set my rates well below that average, despite having comparable training and 15 years experience in order to balance the out of pocket expense.
*Sliding Scale*
In an effort to provide accessible care for those who would benefit, I offer these sessions on a sliding scale basis. If this scale is still out of reach for you, I will offer a limited number of further decreased sessions for those who are a good fit for this work. E-mail info@jessicajoybodywork.com to enquire.
75 Min Initial Treatment and Assessment: $115-$160 ($135 average)
60 Min Subsequent Treatment Session: $100-$145 (Average $120)
For those in the late subacute and chronic phases of healing, 90 and 120 minute massage/craniosacral combination sessions can be booked, upon request.
With Gratitude I honour and acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̲SÁNEĆ peoples.
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