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Continuing education course on oncology massage for physiotherapists

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  • Modality
    Hybrid learning format
  • Languages
    Spanish
  • Duration
    40 hours / 4 sessions
  • Date
    November 7, 2025
  • Planning

    November 7 and 8 - online synchronous from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (theory)
    November 15 and 16 - in-person from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (practice)

  • Location

    Blanquerna-URL - Carrer Padilla, 326-332. 08025 Barcelona

  • Faculty

    Blanquerna School of Health Sciences

Oncology massage for physiotherapists course.

Oncology massage is a manual therapy focusing on soft tissue. It consists of adapting massage therapies to treat the sequelae and complications that cancer patients may suffer.
The course aims to bring oncological massage to the physiotherapist as a technique for the treatment of sequelae that appear throughout the oncological process such as pain, fatigue and nausea.

Objectives

Understand what cancer is, its pathophysiology and its medical treatment.

Learn about the interventions that a physiotherapist can perform in a patient with cancer.

Learn specific physiotherapy treatments for cancer patients.

Understand the foundations of oncological massage, its effects and efficacy.

Identify indications and contraindications of physiotherapy treatments in cancer patients.

Learn the different oncological massage sequences, when to apply each one and at what stage.

Recognize the main indications and contraindications of oncological massage. Learn to adapt and individualize the treatment according to the specific characteristics of each type of cancer, the therapeutic stage and the individual aspects of each patient.

Who is it for?

Physiotherapy graduates and 4th-year undergraduate students.

Course content

  • Molecular basis of cancer.
  • Tumor pathophysiology.
  • Oncological physiotherapy. Definition and protocols/treatments.
  • Clinical history in oncological physiotherapy.
  • Indications and contraindications.
  • General sequelae in cancer patients.
  • Foundations of oncological massage.
  • Oncological pain.
  • Basic and specific sequences of oncological massage.
  • Clinical cases.

Tuition fee

Academic tuition
€720
Facultat de Ciències de la Salut FCS

Descompte

Descompte (no acumulatiu) del 15% en el preu de la matrícula a: alumni, estudiants de la Facultat de Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna-URL i membres del CFC*, COIB* i CODINUCAT*.
*Cal aportar l'últim rebut d'aquest any.

Certificate of attendance

Course participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Attendance to 80% or more of the sessions is required to obtain it.

Faculty

Raquel Pérez García: Physiotherapist specializing in oncohematological physiotherapy and palliative care. Coordinator of Oncological Physiotherapy Programs at the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (Tenerife). Trained in Oncology Massage by the Australian, Canadian and American international schools.

Yolanda Robledo, PhD. Physiotherapist with expertise in oncology massage, manual lymphatic drainage and oncology patients. Henares University Hospital, Physiotherapy and Pain Research Center, professor at the European University of Madrid. Vice President of SEMOS (Spanish Society of Oncology Massage). Member of the board of directors of AMAL (Madrid Association of People Affected by Lymphedema). Member of the CPFCM's Committee on Oncological Physiotherapy and Palliative Care.

Enroll in the course

Click on the following link and follow the steps to enroll. On the first screen, if you do not have Blanquerna credentials (username and password), you will need to register.

The application will ask you for the following documents during the enrollment process:

- ID card

- Bachelor degree certificate or enrollment in the 4th year of the bachelor degree

Enrollment

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