Melissa Claire Nelson, LMT

12/12/2025

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/scientists-uncover-key-driver-of-treatment-resistant-cancer?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=67b55f15ea45a0975d0e30d2

UC San Diego scientists have identified the enzyme that shatters cancer genomes and helps them evolve to resist treatment, solving a longstanding mystery in the molecular biology of cancer.

06/11/2024

Cancer Researchers Begin Large Long-Term Study of Black Women

The American Cancer Society hopes to enroll 100,000 women and follow them for three decades to discover what’s causing higher case and death rates.

10/07/2023

Make sure your Massage Therapist has advanced, specialized training in Oncology Massage.

From relieving pain to reducing nausea, massage therapy can provide many benefits to improve the quality of life for cancer patients. During , explore how massage therapy is making a difference for those coping with cancer. https://bit.ly/3eMwRoi

10/07/2023

"Tech Neck" or Forward Head Posture? Check out this homework after the massage!

Dowager’s hump (neck hump), or postural kyphosis, is a condition that usually occurs due to slouching. If not treated properly, it can lead to serious conseq...

04/26/2023

03/07/2023

Our Massage and Bodywork Clients are the sum of their experiences; many people that come to us bring along Medical Trauma.

Post traumatic stress disorder resulting from medical issues is more common than you might think. Here's why it happens and what it looks like.

01/31/2023

For my brother 💙 Please help our family.

UPDATE: "I'm trying my best right now but I need help. My sister setup a new GoFundMe and if you're able to help, I would greatly appreciate it. I have complications right now with an infection in my right leg and it's not clearing up. I'll most likely be back at the hospital again in the next week or two for surgery that will keep me there recovering for three weeks or so again. I wanted to get back to work, I had a application filled out and ready to hand in. The reality is I just can't do it. I'm worse off than I ever realized and I'm basically bed ridden. Maybe I'll recover fast after this next surgery and be good to go, I must stay hopeful. I really just am over all this though. Please, I just want to get back to a normal life. I'm embarrassed to ask again but I really need the help. I was able to pay February rent one day before it was due. How did this happen? I was doing really good a year ago. Just know I'm trying, I'm positive, and I'm hopeful. I appreciate anyone who is able to help, even if it's just sharing my link or giving some advice on how to get my story out to strangers who want to help.
If they didn't have to remove these lymphnodes, I really feel i'd be back at the grind. My body is just having so much trouble trying to heal up.
I have a lead on a work from home job but need to put a resume together. I'm hoping that after I'm home from this next surgery I'll be able to move forward on that and hopefully start working again.
So there is hope. I'm hopeful this will be the end of the complications and this next surgery can be my last for awhile.
Thank you Melissa for setting the gofundme up cause we all know I would not have done it again.
Thank you to everyone who is able to help even if it's just a little.
If you wanted to send a donation directly, I will post links below.
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See that old-timey photo from the 80's. The loudmouth on the left? Yep… Melissa Nelson needs your support for He Survived Cancer but the Fight Isn't Over!

07/21/2022

https://www.livestrong.com/article/13773299-calf-cramps-at-night/

Here's what causes calf cramps while you're sleeping, how to treat a charley horse when it strikes, how to prevent nocturnal leg cramps and when to see a doctor.

01/26/2022

SIMPLE PREMISE: Muscles operate as a pulley system. Our joints are the center of pulling muscle groups. Many times, pain and dysfunction are a result of an imbalance of strength and weakness surrounding that joint.

To manage knee pain due to weak surrounding muscles you have to strengthen those muscles. Explore knee-strengthening exercises.