Treatment and Rehabilitation
After Breast Cancer, rehabilitation is necessary to help relieve pain, mobilize scar tissue and restore the loss of muscular function due to reconstruction. Exercise can also help to restore energy levels.
Nearly half of all women experience pain or physical limitations after breast cancer surgery, a condition known as post-mastectomy reconstruction syndrome, or PMRS. However, many women find relief with treatments that include physiotherapy.
Even women with a lumpectomy will benefit from physiotherapy as they could have cording, edema & scarring that can limit movement and contribute to shoulder, arm, neck and/or back pain.
The mainstay of treatment is a highly specialized physiotherapy that reeducates the affected muscles and nerves, improves posture and body awareness, stretches the chest wall muscles, strengthens other muscles, and restores joint and soft tissue mobility.
How we can help
Physiotherapy
At Zenith Physio Pilates, our rehabilitation therapist is skilled in the latest techniques to help women regain strength and confidence and improve their quality of life after breast cancer surgery and treatment. We look at all the aspects of movement that may be affected by your cancer treatment and develop a plan to help you become a more active participant in your journey to recovery.
Post-reconstruction Physiotherapy on the following types
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- TRAM Flap
- DIEP Flap
- Free or Pedicled Flaps
- Latissimus Dorsi Flap
- Tissue Expanders
- Implants
Research studies have shown that physiotherapy can help with:
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- Pain control
- Restoration of flexibility and range of motion
- Improvements in posture and balance
- Improvements to treatment-related fatigue
- Lymphedema management
- Soft-tissue treatment for radiation fibrosis
- Preparation for post-mastectomy reconstruction
