LIVE IN-PERSON 24 CE Hour Advanced Geriatric Oncology Bodywork & Massage

Our live in-person classes require an 8 student minimum to hold the training. Please email the school at info@CeInstitute.com prior to booking nonrefundable travel to ensure we have the minimum attendance required to hold the class.

This live course is approved by NCBTMB, FL, SC, GA, NH, MI & TN boards of massage and all states that accept NCBTMB hours.  Florida Board of Massage will accept this course as a live "relevant to massage techniques" hands-on training for the 2024/2025 relicensing period due Aug 31, 2025.

This course may be available via live interactive webinar. If you are taking this training for CE credit, please check with your own board to ensure you will receive the credit you need PRIOR TO registering or paying for this class.  There is a $25 cancellation fee to cancel for any reason, plus 7-days notice is required prior to the start of training to change or cancel or else there is no refund. Please click HERE to view all of our school FAQs & Policies. 

We provide massage tables and chairs so you do not need to bring yours to class. Students should bring 2 sheets, a handle towel and face cradle cover to participate in hands-on training. Hands-on practice is encouraged, but not required to receive CE credit.

This 4-day 24 CE Advanced Geriatric Oncology Bodywork & Massage live in-person class is offered in the EASTERN TIME ZONE on the following dates:

• Please select "10:00 am, July 5, 2025" above for the following 4-day class schedule: Saturdays & Sundays:
  • Saturday, July 5, 2025 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Time
  • Sunday, July 6, 2025 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Time
  • Saturday, July 12, 2025 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Time
  • Sunday, July 13, 2025 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Time

A 30-minute meal break provided in the middle of most classes as well as a 10 minute break each class hour.

The US National Cancer Institute reports: People aged 65 and older represent approximately 60% of cancer patients and account for 70% of annual cancer deaths.  As such, we always find it is best to study these 2 subjects together.

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Class includes:

• Learn the History & Timeline of Cancer
• Learn the Bodywork Goals for Cancer Patients & Survivors
• Practice a Client Intake Process to work with Oncology
• View an Instructor Demo of Swedish Oncology Massage
• Practice (and receive) a 30 Min Swedish Oncology Massage Sessions
• A Working with Cancer Lecture
• Learn Oncology Contraindications for Swedish Oncology Massage
• Review "Physician Dialogue" - Questions to ask your Client's Doctor about their Cancer and/or Cancer Treatments
• Review Ethics & Responsibilities in Working with Cancer
• Review the Definition of Oncology
• Learn Different Oncology "Causes"
• Learn About Metastasis
• Review Cancer Types
• Review Cancer Classifications
• Talk About What’s it like with Cancer
• Skin Cancer Review
• See the Symptoms of Cancer
• Learn an Alternative Form of Bodywork Called a "Sweet Session" - for Cancer Patients & Survivors who are Contraindicated for Regular Massage
• Practice & Trade Sweet Session Amongst Students 
• Review an Oncology Client's Immunity, Impact & Sanitation
• Review Carcinogens and Virus
• Learn the Different Cancer Treatments you may work with as a Massage Therapist
• Zone Reflexology Instructor Demo
• Zone Reflexology 10 Minute Practice Hands-on Sessions
• Review how Lymphedema occurs for a Considerable Portion of Cancer Patients who have had a Lymphadenectomy and/or Tumors that Create Swelling
• Review Lymphatic Businesses and Organizations available to students for further research and study
• Review what Lymphatic Drainage means/is
• Learn the Lymphatic Drainage Benefits of Manual Lymphatic Drainage
• Review the Client's Health History & Overall Intake Process for Lymphatic Drainage
• Overview of Body Systems and Lymphatic Flow
• Physiological Review of Lymphatic System Cells, Tissues and Organs
• Learn Lymphatic Drainage Contraindications
• Discuss how Lymphatic Drainage on a Limb Affected with Lymphedema can be Integrated into a Regular Massage Appointment
• Watch an Instructor Demo of Lymphatic Drainage on Extremities
• Students Practice & Receive Lymphatic Drainage on Extremities
• Geriatric Bone & Osteoporosis Changes & Conditions
• Arthritic Conditions (covers: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout plus Heberden & Bouchard's Nodes)
• The Top 3 Deteriorations of the Human Spine (Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis & Disc Degeneration)
• Joint Deterioration & Replacement (covers cemented and uncemented prosthesis)
• Geriatric Skin Conditions & Changes (includes: Age/Liver Spots, Seborrheic Keratosis & Shingles)
• Geriatric Changes in Muscle
• Geriatric Vision & Hearing Changes (includes: Glaucoma, Corneal Disease, Cataracts, Conjunctivitis, Dry Eyes, Floaters & Presbyopia)
• Falling & Balance Issues with Nervous & Cardiovascular Changes
• Geriatric Cardiovascular Conditions & Considerations - Hormonal & Endocrine System Changes
• Dementia & Alzheimers
• Incontinence
• Geriatric Organ, Gland & Tissue Changes
• Communications for Geriatrics
• Elder Abuse
• Bodywork Modifications that can be made for the Frail & Elderly
• Health Care Proxy Info

24 CE Advanced Geriatric Oncology Bodywork & Massage CE Broker Course #20-647581

Please click HERE for all Oncology classes at CE Institute LLC. 

This live class will be held at: CE Institute LLC, 111 NE 1st Street, Miami FL 33132. 

Please click HERE to view a monthly calendar of ALL live classes available at CE Institute LLC.

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This oncology class was written and is taught by CE Institute LLC Founder, Selena Belisle.  When Selena sought formal “full body” massage therapy training in 1995 in a 1,000+ hour program at the Massage Institute of New England, she was taught that it was contraindicated to massage anyone with cancer.  Back in the 1990s (and earlier), it was thought that massaging anyone with cancer could “spread their cancer”.  We know today that was totally false.  Today, and in this class, we teach something entirely different.  Today, we have new information about how to appropriately work with clients who are suffering with cancer, those who are undergoing intensive cancer treatments, and those who are in remission but have detrimental after-effects.

Selena started in the industry with sports massage in 1989.  Over the past 3 decades, she has worked with thousands of cancer patients and survivors.  This included her own personal practice with oncology clients, plus a decade of managing over 40 other massage therapists, 4 acupuncturists and 4 chiropractors in an alternative health care practice which she founded in Braintree & Quincy, Massachusetts, until she sold in 2005. She then spent another 5-years training and managing a 2^nd staff as a Newbury Street Spa Owner in Boston, MA from 2005-2010.  The spa provided esthetic skin care services (facials, body scrubs, wraps, etc.) which created a greater awareness of working with skin cancers.

A few years ago, Selena was diagnosed with Melanoma, the most severe form of skin cancer.  Her father is also a melanoma skin cancer survivor.   Selena works closely with Impact Melanoma, to help professionals recognize and alert clients to any concerning skin/mole changes.  Selena has also volunteered in the chemotherapy infusion unit at the Miami Cancer Institute in 2017/2018.  She has taken numerous seminars in live and online education about working with cancer over the past 3 decades.  And she has spent countless hours studying the ever-changing evolution of oncology research and practice. You can view a more complete list of Selena’s accolades including her publications, training and experience by clicking HERE.

Selena also won a 2017 Award from Dana Farber & the Jimmy Fund for: “in recognition of extraordinary support of research and patient care at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, leading to breakthroughs against cancer”.   With Selena’s massive, award winning experience in oncology care, she created this comprehensive oncology bodywork class which is 100% resourced with scientific research and data.  Selena’s history, studies, practice and instruction of working with people with cancer and cancer survivors, makes her one of the foremost leading industry instructors of oncology bodywork education today.

Wendy Langen PA-C, MCMSc, LMT, usually teaches the geriatric portion (and possibly even some of the oncology portion) of this class.  Wendy is a graduate of the Sarasota School of Massage Therapy and has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 1992. Wendy returned to the Sarasota school as a licensed graduate to teach Anatomy and Physiology in the 90’s.

Wendy went on to obtain a Master’s Degree in Clinical Medical Science from Barry University in 2000.  Today, she is a licensed and nationally-certified physician assistant. Wendy currently holds a primary faculty position at the Barry University Physician Assistant Program, in addition to teaching CE Classes part-time at CE Institute LLC.

Wendy has an extensive medical, teaching and research background that surpasses most massage therapy instructors.  She has worked in diagnostic medicine and has been repeatedly published in the medical community.  You can view more about Wendy’s accolades by clicking HERE.