Breast Therapy

Therapeutic bodywork may be an effective holistic treatment for many issues, including pain, lactation,
surgical recovery, lymphatic drainage of retained fluids, and general breast health to reduce risk of breast cancer.

Mandatory requirements to receive breast therapy:
1. Written referral from a licensed California health care provider
2. Written Informed Consent: Breast Consent Form

“Breast Health for Life!”

Upfront with Breast Health

Breast health is a positive approach to health, healing, femininity and living a full life! Engage in healthy life practices, including breast self-care and professional breast healthcare.

Upfront with Breast Health

Breasts are often ignored but cancer and disease cannot be ignored. Stress, tight bras, inactivity and environmental toxins are significant health risks. Take a proactive approach to chest health! Instead of ignoring the chest or only doing monthly breast self exams (looking for cancer!), be positive about your health. You can reduce body aches, improve movement, limit disease and live a more vibrant life!

Healthy Life Practices Improve Overall Health
Diet. Maintaining a healthy diet is important for preventing cancer. Whole grain foods, less fat, less sugar and generous amounts of fruits and vegetables improve health. Environmental contaminants (in air, water and food) should be avoided, if possible.
Exercise. Motion is potion! Exercise increases circulation, enhances heart health, improves muscle tone, and reduces pain. Arm movement and stretching improve breast lymph flow and chest health. Stay within a healthy BMI.
Stress Management. Stress promotes disease and dysfunction, especially in the chest. Chest muscles and fascia tighten, which can cause upper body pain, decreased movement and restricted lymphatic flow. The sympathetic nervous system has been connected to breast cancer metastasis in restricted tissue.
Posture. Good posture can improve your health. Activities, habits and insecurity may contribute to poor posture and forward shoulders. This contributes to upper body pain, limited movement, impaired circulation and impaired lymph flow. Better posture brings better health!
Proper Bra Sizing. Bra tightness is common and a risk to breast health. Bra sales may focus on cosmetic appearance instead of comfort and health. Proper bra sizing allows good circulation and lymphatic flow.

Daily Self Breast Massage. Performing daily massage of your own breasts is fast, easy and effectively improves breast tissue health. This involves opening the lymph area under the arm and massaging your breast tissue.

Daily Breast Care – Self Massage
Daily self-massage is easy and effective for good breast health. You can relieve breast pain, reduce lumps and fibrocystic areas, and improve tissue consistency. The most important points of breast massage is to open lymphatic area in the arm pit (axilla) and massage the breast tissue. This allows natural cleansing of the tissue, filtration of debris and removing congested fluid and toxins. See the PHAST resource below, a simple guide to breast self massage.

Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

Holistic measures will improve your breast health and should reduce your risk of breast cancer. Genetics is a major risk factor, so if you have a family history of breast cancer, then you should be more diligent about screening and holistic care. Environmental toxins seem connected with breast cancer risk indicating the importance of being healthy and minimizing toxin exposure. Stress may be the greatest risk to breast health, and every aspect of disease prevention. You can improve your breast health through diet, exercise, stress management, proper bra sizing, self massage and professional breast therapy.

Hazards to Chest Health
Family History. Genetics is a leading health risk. If you have a family history of breast cancer, follow screening protocols and you may find great benefit from holistic health measures and professional breast therapy.

Dense and Fibrocystic Breasts. About 40% of women have “dense” breast tissue. Studies show that dense and cystic breast tissue is the leading non-genetic risk factor for breast cancer. This may be related to impaired circulation and reduced killer cell activity. Holistic measures may assist lowering the risk of breast cancer.

Environment Toxins. We are surrounded by unhealthy chemical in our air, water and food. You should minimize this risk when possible.
Stress. Stress is not only correlated with most diseases but research has also shown a connection with stress and unhealthy breast tissue and metastasis. Stress management is very important to breast health.
Bra Tightness. Studies have shown a high correlation between tight bras and excessive time that bras are worn. Tight bras and underwires restrict circulation and lymphatic flow, thereby compromising breast health. You should find bras with enough support that are not restrictive or have wires.
Posture. Good posture brings better health. “Forward” posture results from habit, forward activities or self-image, which restricts chest tissues and impair function. Headaches, upper body pain and or shoulder/arm issues may be alleviated with chest therapy. Emotional healing and improved self-image may also be addressed through chest/breast therapy.

Proactive Holistic Measures for Breast Health
Take charge of your chest health! Focus on healthy diet, exercise, stress management, posture, stress management, posture correction and daily self massage of your breasts. Revive Therapy offers professional assessment, education and therapy to optimize your breast health.

Breast Therapy for Health!

Breast massage is a common health practice in many countries outside the USA. Professional breast therapy can not only relieve breast pain and reduce dense or fibrocystic lumps but it can also improve your breast health and better function. Specialized bodywork is integrated for effective breast therapy, including lymphatic drainage therapy, myofascial release and specialized breast massage therapy by a certified RN therapist.

Indications for Breast Therapy

Fibrocystic, “Dense” Breasts or Cysts
Large, Congested or Heavy Breasts
Breast Pain or Tenderness (Mastalgia)
Breastfeeding and Lactation (Supportive Care and Problems)
Breast Surgery: Lumpectomy, Mastectomy, Reduction, Implant, Scar Tissue, Surgery Healing, Lymph Node Removal
Healthy Breast Maintenance
Breast Cancer Risk Reduction

IMPORTANT: Any concern about a lump should be taken to your doctor

Professional Breast Care

Consider consultation and/or therapy from a therapist with specialized training in breast health for an assessment and treatment. Skilled therapy may also assist with headaches, posture and upper body problems.

Credentials of Breast Therapist
Steve Metzger has extensive RN experience with advanced training and expertise to provide you with the highest quality of breast therapy:

Breast Massage Certification, Swedish Institute, New York City
Breast Self Massage and Self Check, Aubrey Lesicki, Breast Remedy, Seattle WA
Lymphatic Breast Care, Chikly Health Institute (certification program)
Myofascial Release Breast and Pectorals, Taylor Techniques at Swedish Institute, New York City
Pre- and Perinatal Massage Certification program, Body Therapy Associates, Carole Osborne
Women’s Health: Myofascial Release Approach, John F. Barnes Myofascial Release

Breast Surgery

Breast surgery is common and almost always impacts breast tissue health with scarring and adhesions. In addition, more invasive breast surgeries can affect immunity, tissue health and many body functions. Breast implants (augmentation), breast reductions (or lifts), lumpectomies and mastectomies are significant procedures and skilled therapy improves recovery and healing. Revive Therapy offers an RN-therapist with advanced training and certification for breast massage, lymphatic drainage therapy and Myofascial release. Steve Metzger, RN-CMT is also comfortable and competent with compassionate emotional support. (More…)

Mandatory requirements to receive breast therapy:
1. Written referral from a licensed California health care provider
2. Written Informed Consent: Breast Consent Form