How to massage patients with ovarian cancer

Massage is one of the oldest physical therapies for mankind. It is simple, easy and has no side effects. For patients with ovarian cancer, massage can maintain the ovaries and play an auxiliary therapeutic role.

The following are massage techniques for ovarian cancer. I hope they will be helpful to patients.

1. The patient lies on his back and the doctor sits or stands beside him. He rubs his lower abdomen 10 times with one palm. The technique should be deep and gentle. Then, apply palm vibration for 3 to 5 minutes.

2. Straighten your legs. There will be a depression on the inside of the knee. The top of the raised muscle above the depression is the Xuehai point. Place the thumbs of both palms on the Xuehai point, and use the remaining 4 fingers to press and knead the muscles above the knees. Do this for 3 to 5 minutes.

3. Sanyinjiao is on the inner side of the calf, 3 inches above the tip of the inner ankle and behind the inner edge of the tibia. Yinlingquan point is on the inner side of the calf, in the depression on the inner side of the tibia below the knee. Press and pluck Sanyinjiao and Yinlingquan points for 1 minute each.

4. The Eight Liao points are Shang Liao, Ciliao, Zhong Liao and Xialiao, with a total of eight acupoints on the left and right, which are located in the first, second, third and fourth posterior sacral foramina respectively. The patient lies prone, and the doctor presses and massages the Eight Liao points on the lumbar sacral region with one palm, rubbing up and down, and kneading repeatedly until the lower abdomen is warmed.

5. Changqiang point is located between the coccyx and the anus. Put the index and middle fingers of one hand together, slightly hook them and press the patient's Changqiang point 5 to 10 times.

6. The Shenshu point is located on the waist, 1.5 inches below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra. The Mingmen point is located on the waist, on the posterior midline, in the depression below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra. Massage and press the Shenshu and Mingmen points for 1 minute each.