Spa Treatments Can Help Cure Cancer

It is important to highlight that the results came from an offical study done by the UK Spa Commission, and they were very quick to point out that they no not suggest using spa treatments as an alternative to traditional medicine. However, the results do point out that methods other than standard medicine can have positive effects and should be considered.

The study was carried out over 5 years and followed over 2000 men and women who were battling different forms of cancer. The results showed that those who partook in specialized spa days treatments over the course of 6 months were more likely to see an improvement in their condition than those who did not. In fact over 65% of those who had the treatments showed signs of improvement over the six months, compared to only 55% of who did not have treatments.

The type of treatments that the patients had were very important claims Michael Lancer, Study Director. He pointed out that often cancer can be spread through the lymphatic system and so manipulation of areas around lymph glands can be dangerous to cancer sufferers. Additionally, some products used in traditional massage and skin care treatments can react badly with those used in chemotherapy. For these reasons massage was limited to localized areas and doctors were consulted on the ingredients in all skin care and beauty products used.

It is thought that the positive results for the patients were an effect of the relaxation that resulted from having the treatments such as a facial or pedicure etc. Lancer claims that stress is one of the biggest influences in cancer progression as the body’s immune system often malfunctions whilst under stress, which is why people tend to get colds when they are run down. The treatments that the patients had helped reduce levels of stress dramatically, and this has the knock on effect of enabling the body to respond more actively to the cancer medicines.