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Research has shown oncology massage helps manage symptoms and improves the quality of life for people with a history or diagnosis of cancer.
I provide gentle, adapted massage for people currently receiving cancer treatment, those in recovery or seeking support during survivorship or palliative care.
I have advanced training in oncology specific massage and trained with Oncology Massage Training Ltd, Australasia’s leading educator in specialist touch therapies.
The advanced training included training in hospital practice protocols within a hospital simulation ward with real patients with complex medical history.
These gentle, evidence-based techniques have been refined through thorough understanding of how cancer develops and metastasises. Every session is carefully tailored to meet you where you are, considering your energy levels, medical history, co-morbidities and any side-effects you may be experiencing.
Oncology massage is safe and calming, and it can help alleviate some of the side effects of cancer treatment such as pain, neuropathy, fatigue, anxiety, nausea and depression.
Our fascia (the largest contractile organ in the body) is deeply affected by cancer treatment. This type of massage is not about deep pressure, but about creating comfort and restoring a sense of ease in your body. It can also promote better sleep, improve mood, and provide a moment of stillness in the middle of your treatment.
Gentle, evidence-based massage adapted for every stage of your cancer journey
Advanced training with Australasia's leading specialist in oncology touch therapies
Every session tailored to your energy levels, medical history, and treatment plan
Helping alleviate pain, fatigue, anxiety, nausea, and depression safely
I work alongside your medical team by adjusting techniques — including pressure, site, and position — to ensure your comfort and safety. Certain areas such as ports, recent scars, irradiated skin, and medical devices are always avoided, and I may wear nitrile gloves to eliminate any infection risk to you as well as myself.
The scheduling of your sessions — whether before or directly following chemotherapy — will be discussed so that I can best assist you at the right time. If your body is particularly fatigued, we may reduce the length of your massage to avoid overloading your system and causing a negative effect.
Some techniques can be performed when you are fully clothed; however, most are best completed with partial clothing and full hand-to-skin contact. This is about you feeling comfortable and being able to fully relax — if you would rather be fully clothed, that is absolutely fine.
I've been getting remedial massage on and off for 25+ years, everywhere I've lived around Australia, from countless different therapists with countless different approaches and methods. And for the first time in all that time, amongst all those therapists, Carole is the first, and only, therapist who really, genuinely listens to me. She focuses completely, 100% on her clients, she is utterly dedicated to our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. I walk out of each session with her floating on air, feeling taller and lighter and more fluid. Her massage skills are exceptional, but her empathy and compassion truly set her apart. Do yourselves a favour and book in a session, a long one, and then go again and again and keep going. Carole totally rocks!!!
Carole is a truly gifted individual whose professional insight and techniques have been very effective in treating my long term neck pain and migraines. Countless years of physio and chiro treatment and yet two visits to Carole and I have never felt better. Greater neck mobility and being treated at the root of the issue that no other practitioner was able to tap-into. Ongoing wellness visits will be my self-care treat. Carole takes the time to understand what you need and in her gentle patient manner goes about healing. A local neighbourhood gem I thoroughly recommend you visit.
I recently visited Carole Plumb for a massage. It was amazing. I was a bit nervous as I was post neck fusion but I had so much relief with the massage. Thoroughly recommend her, she is very knowledgeable.
Carole is utterly dedicated to our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Her massage skills are exceptional, but her empathy and compassion truly set her apart
Oncology massage is gentle, and you should feel comfortable throughout. This type of massage is not about deep pressure — it is about creating comfort and restoring a sense of ease in your body.
Some techniques can be performed when you are fully clothed. Most are best completed with partial clothing and full hand-to-skin contact. This is entirely your choice — whatever feels most comfortable for you is absolutely fine.
Yes. I hold an Advanced Practitioner certification in Oncology Massage with Oncology Massage Australia, and I trained with Oncology Massage Training Ltd — Australasia's leading educator in specialist touch therapies. This training included hospital simulation ward practice with real patients with complex medical histories.
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