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January 27, 2006
Massage and Open Heart Surgery
El Paso's KFOX reports on the Healing Enhancement Program, which aims for pain-free open heart surgery achieved through medications and alternative medicine treatments like massage therapy.
"When we open the sternum to do the surgery, the rib cage spreads in the back. So people experience pain between their shoulder blades," said Sundt.
Medications helped ease Rod's sore muscles, but he said message helped more.
"It helped my stress. Helped my pain in my back," said Anderson.
Massage is just one way experts at Mayo Clinic are working towards their goal of pain-free open-heart surgery. Why, because when patients are relaxed, they feel pain less.
Posted by linda at January 27, 2006 10:57 PM
